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

Social security card and medical insurance card are not the same thing, there are some differences between them:

1, different concepts.

Social security card, namely social security card, is an integrated circuit card issued by human resources and social security departments in various regions for human resources and social security. Medical insurance card is a special card for personal account of medical insurance, which uses personal ID card as identification code and stores detailed information such as personal ID card number, name, gender, payment and consumption of account funds.

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. Different card issuing departments

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 has strict key management system and approval, and the safety factor is high; However, the medical insurance card does not have such a management system, and the safety factor is low.