What's the difference between social security card and social security card?

There are some differences between social security card and social security card in function and use.

Social security cards are mainly used for identification and services related to social security, such as medical insurance, old-age insurance and unemployment insurance. It is a kind of identity certificate and right certificate obtained by individuals after participating in the social security system. Social security card is a specific entity card, which is used to store personal social insurance information and personal account funds. It can be used for the settlement of medical services and the collection of social security benefits. Therefore, social security cards pay more attention to identification and rights protection, while social security cards emphasize personal account management and capital flow.

The commonly known social security card is the social security card. Both refer to the same thing, there is no difference. The full name of social security card is "Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China", which is an integrated circuit card issued by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security to the society. Multifunctional smart card for individuals to handle human resources and social security business and enjoy social public services such as social security and financial services.

The construction of social security card is an important part of the national "Golden Card Project". After the parties participate in social security, social security agencies will issue social security cards, referred to as social security cards. The Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China is an integrated circuit (ic) card, which is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the public by local human resources and social security departments, and used in various business fields of human resources and social security.

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.

Difference:

1, with different concepts. Social security is the abbreviation of social insurance. The main items of social security include basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance. That is, the "five risks" in "five insurances and one gold". The state establishes a social insurance system to guarantee citizens' right to get material help from the state and society in accordance with the law in old age, illness, work injury, unemployment and childbirth. Medical insurance is the abbreviation of medical insurance, which refers to a social insurance system that pays a certain proportion of medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations, and the insured person is treated for illness and accidental injury, and the medical insurance fund pays a certain medical expenses. Social security card is the abbreviation of social security card, which is an integrated circuit (IC) card issued by human resources and social security departments in various places for human resources and social security business. 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.

2. Different functions. Social security card not only has the function of medical insurance, but also is an important certificate for cardholders to enjoy social services. It has social security application functions such as identification, information recording, self-service inquiry, medical settlement, payment and treatment collection, as well as financial application functions such as cash deposit and withdrawal, transfer and consumption. Social security cards are mainly used for people's social public services, and can be further expanded to carry other government public services. At present, the financial subsidy funds for benefiting the people and farmers in the province are distributed through the social security card "one card". The medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits.

To sum up, social security cards pay more attention to identification and rights protection, while social security cards emphasize personal account management and capital flow.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 25

The state establishes and improves the basic medical insurance system for urban residents. The basic medical insurance for urban residents combines individual contributions with government subsidies. People who enjoy the minimum living guarantee, disabled people who have lost their ability to work, elderly people and minors over 60 years old in low-income families, etc. , subsidized by the government.