Does medical insurance need to apply for social security?

You don't need to apply for social security, you can apply for medical insurance on your own.

Medical insurance processing flow:

Medical insurance card: it is a special card for personal account of medical insurance. After the insured unit pays the fee, the medical insurance institution entrusts the bank to transfer the personal account funds into the personal medical insurance card of the insured employees at the end of the month. With the personal identity card as the identification code, the detailed information such as personal identity card number, name, gender, allocation and consumption of account funds are stored and recorded. The medical insurance card is undertaken by the local designated agent bank, which is a multi-functional debit card of the bank.

After receiving the form and filling in the registration form, the agent of the insured unit copies the social security (citizen) card application form on both sides and sends it to each new insured person, and instructs the new insured person to fill in the application form according to the requirements of the application rules.

Before the 3rd day of the next month of insurance registration, the insured unit is responsible for arranging the photographers to take digital photos of the social security (citizen) card in the photo studio designated by the social security (citizen) card with their ID cards (or military officer's cards and passports), and paste the photo receipt in the corresponding position of the application form. The social security card (citizen card) charges 4 yuan/person for taking photos.

To receive the application form and the fee, please ask the agent of the insured unit to receive the completed social security card (citizen) application form from the new insured person before the next month of insurance registration 19, and at the same time collect the social security card (citizen) card fee of 20 yuan/person.

Hand in the form, pay the fee and get the card. The bank will notify the insured unit to go through the formalities of submitting the form, paying the fee and getting the card at Guangzhou Medical Insurance Center after the second month of enrollment registration 19. The process of submitting forms, paying fees and obtaining cards: it can be handled at the designated window in the service hall of the medical insurance center.

The agent of the card-issuing insured unit shall issue the social security (citizen) card to the insured within one week after receiving the card.