What is the difference between citizen card and social security card

One, the difference between social security card and citizen card

1, the card issuer is different

Citizen card is generally issued by the local government for the local residents of the card, mainly for the public can be more convenient to deal with personal social affairs, to enjoy the local social public **** services. Social security card is issued by the social security department to social security participants card, mainly for human resources and social security business areas.

2, the scope of use is different

Citizen card can be used in a very wide range, such as taking the public car, subway, use of public **** reading room and so on. The main role of the social security card is to allow the cardholder to the pharmacy to buy drugs, to the hospital for reimbursement and so on.

3, the meaning of different

Citizen card is mainly to prove the identity of the cardholder citizens, while the social security card is mainly to prove that the cardholder participated in social insurance. Therefore, the conditions that people need to fulfill when receiving a citizen card and a social security card are different.

4, the function focuses on different

Social security card focuses on employee health insurance. The Citizen Card focuses on urban and rural residents' health insurance;

5. Convenience is different

There are 13 cooperating banks for social security card business. Citizen card issuing bank for Yindong Agricultural and Commercial Bank, the province's agricultural and commercial banks can accept the citizen card business.

Second, the types of social security cards

issued for urban workers, unemployed and retired people called social security (personal) card, issued for the employer called social security (employer) card.

Third, the main role of the social security card

1, personal social security-related information records, electronic vouchers and information query

2, record the name of the insured person, ID card number, date of birth, gender, ethnicity, location of domicile and other basic information;

3, query the old age, unemployment, medical care, work-related injuries and maternity insurance payment;

4, can be held in the hospital card

5, for medical, unemployment, old age, work-related injuries and maternity and other social security affairs;

6, query pension insurance, medical insurance accumulated total information;

7, for pension and other social security affairs, job search, unemployment registration, unemployment insurance benefits, apply for vocational training.

Fourth, the function of the social security card

social security card face and card are recorded in the card holder's name, gender, civil status number and other basic information, the card identifies the card holder's personal status (employment, unemployment, retirement, etc.), can record the card holder's social insurance contributions, pension insurance personal account information, medical insurance personal account information, vocational qualifications and skills, employment experience, work-related injury and occupational disease disability, etc. The social security card is an electronic voucher for workers to do business in the field of labor security. The cardholder can use the card to seek medical treatment and settle the medical insurance personal account; use the card to handle pension insurance affairs; use the card to go to the relevant departments to apply for job-seeking registration and unemployment registration procedures, apply for unemployment insurance benefits, and apply for employment training; use the card to apply for labor capacity appraisal and to apply for the enjoyment of work-related injuries and insurance benefits, and so on. In addition, the social security card is still held in the hands of workers to open the door to contact with the system of the key, with this key, the cardholder can access the Internet to query information, the future can also be online for labor and social security matters.

The difference between the citizen card and the social security card varies from city to city. However, with the development of citizen card and social security card, the role of the two cards are more and more convergence, so that everyone can use a card to enjoy convenient services. Now, there are already some cities where the citizen card has the function of a social security card.

V. The process of applying for a social security card is as follows:

1, the applicant carries the relevant information to the social security card service station to apply for;

2, the social security card service station to accept the information and audit;

3, after the audit, to confirm that the information is correct, the acceptance of the social security card for the application, and to the applicant to issue a social security card.

Six, the relevant legal provisions of social security are as follows:

1, employers and workers must participate in social insurance according to law, pay social insurance premiums;

2, the employer did not pay social insurance premiums for the workers according to law, the workers can terminate the labor contract;

3, the employee should participate in the basic pension insurance, by the employer and the employee*** with the payment of basic pension insurance premiums.

In short, there is a difference between the citizen card and the social security card in terms of the scope of use, functional focus, convenience and so on. The people who have participated in social insurance to apply for social security cards, by the city or province of each social insurance agency from the social insurance business system to collect data in bulk, centralized application procedures batch production and issuance of social security cards. The province's household registration of new participants in the province's household registration of participants in the medical insurance center can participate in the insurance, do not need to provide information at the social security window.

Legal Basis

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 2 The State establishes a social insurance system of basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance, etc., to protect the right of citizens to obtain material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Article 3 The social insurance system adheres to the policy of broad coverage, basic protection, multi-level and sustainability, and the level of social insurance should be commensurate with the level of economic and social development.