The difference between magnolia card and social security card

The medical insurance card for urban workers in Shanghai is the Yulan card. Shanghai social security card and medical insurance card (full name social security card is a special card for medical insurance, without photos, with magnolia pattern and black magnetic stripe on the back) are different cards, but their functions as medical certificates for medical insurance participants have been merged, and the medical functions of the two cards are the same.

The difference between social security card and medical insurance card is as follows:

1, social security card is a social security card, which is an integrated circuit card issued by human resources and social security departments in various fields of human resources and social security.

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. Social security card not only has the function of medical insurance card, but also is an important voucher for handling various social security (such as endowment insurance, maternity insurance, work injury insurance, etc.). ) business, such as receiving unemployment benefits.

The medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits.

3. The social security card can be used to inquire about the payment of my pension, unemployment, medical care, work-related injury and maternity insurance, handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, apply for job hunting and unemployment registration, apply for unemployment insurance benefits, and apply for vocational training. You can take the card to the hospital for medical treatment, medical insurance personal account settlement, pharmacy to buy medicine and so on. The medical insurance card is used for identity confirmation and personal account payment of medical treatment or pharmacy consumption, or for recording medical treatment.

Legal basis:

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

Article 10

Employees shall participate in the basic old-age insurance, and the employer and employees shall jointly pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employer and other flexible employees can participate in the basic old-age insurance, and individuals pay the basic old-age insurance premium.

The measures for the endowment insurance of civil servants and staff managed by reference to the Civil Service Law shall be formulated by the State Council.