What's the difference between the new social security card and the old one?

The differences between the new social security card and the old social security card are as follows:

1, with different concepts. Social security card, referred to as social security card, is an integrated circuit card issued by local human resources and social security departments for various business fields of human resources and social security. Medical insurance card or medical insurance card is a special card for personal account of medical insurance, which uses personal identity card as identification code and stores detailed information such as personal identity card number, name, gender, payment, account fund consumption, etc.

2. Different functions. Social security card not only has the function of medical insurance card, but also is an important voucher for handling various social security businesses, such as receiving unemployment benefits. However, the medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits;

3. The issuing place is different. The medical insurance card is undertaken by the local designated agent bank, and the social security card is issued to the society by the local human resources and social security department;

4. The safety performance is different. The social security card adopts a national unified three-layer key management system, and its security and reliability have passed the national acceptance, which can really make the social security card a "security card" and a "trust card" for the insured, and also lay a good foundation for realizing cross-provincial nationwide use in the future; However, the medical insurance card does not have such a management system, and the safety factor is low;

5. Social security cards are more widely used. Social security cards will be widely used in various businesses of human resources and social security, and can be used as financial debit cards, while medical insurance cards will only be used as medical insurance settlement vouchers;

6. Social security card performance is more stable. Because the social security card adopts integrated circuit chip, its performance is more stable, not easy to be damaged and safer than the medical insurance card adopting magnetic stripe medium.

To sum up, the most direct difference between the new social security card and the old social security card is the addition of financial functions. From then on, social security cards can be used as social security cards or bank debit cards for saving and withdrawing money.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of the Measures of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Social Security Cards

The term "social security card" as mentioned in these Measures refers to an integrated circuit card issued to the public and mainly used for government social management and public services in the fields of human resources and social security. The social security card is the electronic certificate for cardholders to enjoy social security and public employment services. It has the basic functions of information recording, information inquiry and business handling.

Article 9

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.