Is rural medical insurance a social security card?

Rural medical insurance is not a social security card. Social Security Card, referred to as Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China for short, refers to an ic card issued by human resources and social security departments in various places. Its main function is to provide cardholders with corresponding social security. In real life, social security cards are also widely used. Cardholders can not only use social security cards for medical settlement, but also handle certain old-age insurance business and receive unemployment benefits.

Social medical insurance card, referred to as medical insurance card or medical insurance card, is a special card for personal account of medical insurance. With the personal identity card as the identification code, the detailed information such as personal identity card number, name, gender, account capital expenditure and consumption are stored and recorded. The medical insurance card is undertaken by the local designated agent bank, which is a multi-functional debit card of the bank. After the insured unit pays the fee, the local medical insurance department will entrust the bank to transfer the personal account payment to the personal medical insurance card of the insured employee at the end of the month.

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

1, with different concepts: social security cards belong to integrated circuit cards issued by human resources and social security departments in various places for social security; Medical insurance card is a special card as a personal account of medical insurance, which records personal identity information and all information related to medical insurance;

2. Different functions: Generally speaking, social security card has the function of medical insurance card, but the function of medical insurance card is limited, only limited to the function of medical insurance;

3. Different card issuing locations: In real life, medical insurance cards are generally handled by designated bank agents, while social security cards have local manpower; Resources and social security departments * * * issued together;

4. Different security performance: because the social security card adopts the national unified key management system, its security is beyond doubt, while the medical insurance card does not have this system, and the security factor is relatively low.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance to protect citizens' right to get material help from the state and society in the event of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.