Time to get a medical insurance card in Shanghai

1. You can get a medical insurance card from 15 in the second month after paying Shanghai medical insurance normally.

2. Social security card is a comprehensive IC card that requires Shanghai household registration, but it is also a medical function at present. Medical insurance card, as its name implies, is used to see a doctor. The two cards are the same for medical treatment.

Further reading: How to buy insurance, which is good, and teach you how to avoid these "pits" of insurance.