Are social security and medical insurance cards?

Social security card and medical insurance card are not the same card. Since the issuance of social security cards, all insured people have two cards, namely: one is a social security card; One is the medical insurance card. But now the social security card has replaced the medical insurance card. Besides the functions of the medical insurance card, there will be other applications.

The full name of the social security card is "Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China", which is made according to the unified standards of the People's Bank of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and China. With the functions of social security and banking finance, it is a multifunctional IC card commonly used in China. Social security card is an important symbol for citizens to enjoy social security rights and interests, and it is also an important carrier to provide convenient services for citizens.

The front of the social security card is printed with the national emblem and "Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China".

The social security card has the following functions:

1. With the card, you can query information such as enrollment, payment, personal account balance and treatment enjoyment. Five insurance personnel of the institution;

2. With the card, you can check the balance of personal medical insurance account in designated hospitals and pharmacies;

3. With the card, you can handle medical treatment, hospitalization and other related businesses in designated hospitals;

You can use your card to buy medicine in the designated drugstore.

Medical insurance card is a special card for personal account of medical insurance, which takes personal ID card as the identification code and stores detailed information such as personal ID card number, name, gender, payment and account capital consumption.

Legal basis: Article 9 of the Administrative Measures of the People's Republic of China on Social Security Cards.

The social security card adopts the unified card face style of the whole country, with the words "Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China" printed on the front and the cardholder's name, social security number, cardholder's photo, card issuing unit and other information printed on the back.

Article 10

The production of file structure division, control key loading, card surface printing and personalized information writing in social security cards is organized and implemented by provincial social security card issuance management institutions; If the provincial level does not have the conditions for centralized production, it can be made by the issuing city or a third-party institution.

Article 11

The third-party organization that undertakes the production of social security cards selected by the card-issuing area shall have a safe production environment that meets the requirements of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, have strict safety management measures in the process of data storage, transmission and use and card transportation, and can ensure the safety of social security card data and keys.

Article 12

For initial business card printing and replacement of card suppliers and products, test cards must be made in a regular business card printing environment, and they can be formally made and distributed only after passing the standard compliance audit, safety audit and cross-regional universality test organized by the Office of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Informatization Leading Group.