Does social security mean medicare?

Medicare is not the same as social security, it is just a part of social security, which is short for medical insurance. Social security includes pension insurance, medical insurance, work injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance. Social security is the abbreviation of social insurance, the main items of social security include old-age social insurance, medical social insurance, unemployment insurance, work injury insurance, maternity insurance and so on, medical insurance is the abbreviation of medical insurance, it is the social insurance of the workers in the case of illness, injury, maternity, by the society or the enterprise to provide the necessary medical services or material help.

What is the difference between a social security card and a medical insurance card

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

1, the concept is different, the social security card is referred to as the social security card, which is issued by the human resources and social security departments of the local communities for the society, and is used for the human resources and social security in various business areas of the integrated circuit card. Medical insurance card or medical insurance card, is a medical insurance personal account card, personal identification card as the identification code, storage records of personal identity card number, name, gender, and the account of the allocation of funds, consumption and other details of information;

2, the function is different, social security card is not only with the medical insurance card function, or for the social security services for all the important vouchers, such as receiving unemployment benefits and so on. But the medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function, can only be used to enjoy the medical insurance treatment;

3, the card issued by different places, medical insurance card by the local designated agent bank, while the social security card by the local human resources and social security departments for the community to issue;

4, security performance is different, the social security card to take the national unified three-tier key management system, its security, reliability has been Through the national acceptance, can make the social security card become the security card of the insured person, rest assured that the card, but also for the future realization of the inter-provincial national common good foundation; and medical insurance card is not such a management system, the security coefficient is lower;

5, social security card use is more extensive, the social security card will be widely used in the human resources and social security services, and can be used as a financial debit card, the card is used only as the medical insurance medical Settlement vouchers;

6, social security card performance is more stable, social security card due to the use of integrated circuit chip, than the use of magnetic stripe media health insurance card performance is more stable, not easy to damage, and more secure.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

The State establishes a social insurance system for basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance and other social insurance, and guarantees the right of citizens to obtain material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, sickness, industrial injury, unemployment and childbirth.

Article 5

The people's governments at or above the county level incorporate the cause of social insurance into national economic and social development planning.

The State raises funds for social insurance through multiple channels. The people's governments at or above the county level give necessary financial support to the social insurance cause.

The State supports the social insurance cause through preferential tax policies.