Medical insurance is a medical insurance card. 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 fund allocation 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. Personal medical insurance card processing process:
1. The insured person carries his/her valid certificate (ID card, household registration book, etc.). ) apply to the neighboring county medical insurance center, and the county medical insurance center will settle on the spot.
2. The insured person can also apply to the nearest street (town) medical insurance service point (hereinafter referred to as the service point) for handling, and the service point will be completed within 3 working days. The insured person shall go to the service point to receive the "Medical Insurance Card" within the specified time.
3. The insured may entrust others to handle it on his behalf. The customer must carry the valid certificates of himself and the insured when handling.
Medical insurance generally refers to basic medical insurance, which is a social insurance system established to compensate workers for economic losses caused by disease risks. The medical insurance fund is established through the contributions of employers and individuals. After the insured person has medical expenses, the medical insurance institution will give certain economic compensation.
The establishment and implementation of the basic medical insurance system has gathered the economic strength of units and social members. With the government's funding, sick social members can get necessary material help from the society, reduce the burden of medical expenses, and prevent sick social members from "poverty due to illness".
In the traditional sense, medical insurance refers to raising medical insurance funds among certain insured people in a certain area through mandatory policies and regulations or voluntary contracts handled by specific organizations or institutions.
Medical insurance originated in western Europe and can be traced back to the Middle Ages. With the success of the bourgeois revolution, family workshops were replaced by large industries, and modern industrial teams emerged. Due to the harsh working environment, epidemics and industrial accidents, workers need corresponding medical care. But their wages are low, and it is difficult for individuals to pay medical expenses. Therefore, workers in many places spontaneously organized themselves to raise some money for expenses when they were sick. But this form is not very stable, and the scope is small, and the ability to resist risks is very low. /kloc-at the end of 0/8 and the beginning of 09, private insurance developed in western Europe and became an important way for the country to raise medical funds.