What's the difference between social security and medical insurance?

Legal analysis: there are several main differences between medical insurance and social security: 1, medical insurance is a kind of social security, social security includes medical insurance, and social security includes a wider range; 2. The medical insurance card has a narrow application range and is only used for medical insurance. The social security card has a wide application range and can be used for human resources and social security. 3. The medical insurance card can only be used in fixed areas; Wait a minute. The relationship between social security and medical insurance is actually subordinate, and medical insurance is only one kind of social security. In other words, social security includes medical insurance, and five social insurances are an important part of China's social security system. 1. Different concepts: Old-age insurance refers to a kind of social insurance established by the state and society according to laws and regulations to solve the basic livelihood of workers after they reach the working age limit stipulated by the state and terminate their labor obligations or quit their jobs because of old age. Social security is the abbreviation of social insurance, which refers to five kinds of insurance: endowment insurance, medical insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance and industrial injury insurance.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

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