With the social security card, why does the hospital need another medical card?

The medical card has the time when you saw a doctor, the process of treatment, what medicine to use, etc., for easy reference. Every hospital has its own medical card, just like registration, which is the record carrier of the process and information after registration.

Under normal circumstances, if the hospital is a designated medical insurance unit, it should be able to see a doctor with a medical insurance card without a medical card. However, if there are other local regulations, you can directly consult the medical insurance agency in the insured area.

Social security cards have a wide range of functions. Cardholders can not only use the card for real-time settlement of medical insurance personal accounts, but also handle endowment insurance affairs; Go through the formalities of job registration and unemployment registration; Apply for unemployment insurance; Apply for employment training; Apply for labor ability appraisal and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits; Handling labor and social security affairs online.