Are the medical insurance bureau and the social security bureau together?

The medical insurance bureau and the social security bureau are now a unit, and social security includes basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance and unemployment insurance. Both of them are subordinate institutions of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, responsible for related social insurance work.

The difference between social security and medical insurance lies in:

1, with different concepts.

Social security is the abbreviation of social insurance, which is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for people who have lost their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons. The main items of social insurance include old-age social insurance, medical social insurance, unemployment insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance.

Medical insurance is an insurance to compensate medical expenses caused by diseases. It is social insurance, and the society or enterprises provide necessary medical services or material help when employees are sick, injured or give birth, such as free medical care and labor insurance medical care in China. The medical expenses of employees in China are shared by the state, units and individuals to reduce the burden on enterprises and avoid waste. Medical insurance is a kind of social security.

2. Different functions.

Social security can provide economic security for the insured within the scope of basic medical insurance, basic endowment insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance. Therefore, 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, medical insurance is mainly to ensure that patients can pay medical expenses when they are sick. The medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits;

3. The issuing department 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 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.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to get material help from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 7

The administrative department of social insurance in the State Council is responsible for the national social insurance management, and other relevant departments in the State Council are responsible for the relevant social insurance work within their respective functions and duties.

The social insurance administrative department of the local people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for the social insurance management within its administrative area, and other relevant departments of the local people's government at or above the county level shall be responsible for the relevant social insurance work within their respective functions and duties.

Article 8

Social insurance agencies provide social insurance services, responsible for social insurance registration, personal rights and interests records, social insurance benefits payment and other work.