1, social security card not only has the function of medical insurance card, but also is an important document for handling various social security businesses, such as receiving unemployment benefits.
2. The medical insurance card is limited to the medical insurance function and can only be used to enjoy medical insurance benefits. At the same time, the medical insurance card is an important voucher for the insured to purchase daily medical care. It is the carrier of personal account of medical insurance, which is used to record the basic information of the insured, including the basic medical insurance premium paid by the individual, the basic medical insurance premium paid by the employer in accordance with the prescribed proportion, other funds and interest.
Social security, the full name of social insurance, is a social and economic system in which the state provides income or compensation to those who have lost their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons in order to prevent and share social risks such as old age, unemployment, illness and death, and realize social security. To put it simply, as people often say, after paying a certain number of years, you can get a certain amount every month.
Medical insurance, the full name of social medical insurance, is a social insurance system established by the state and society according to certain laws and regulations to provide basic medical needs for workers within the scope of protection. After participating in medical insurance, you need to pay a certain fee every month, but these fees can be used instead of payment in designated hospitals and pharmacies.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.
Article 12 The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of employees stipulated by the state and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund.
Employees shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium in accordance with the proportion of wages stipulated by the state and record it in their personal accounts.
Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic old-age insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees who have participated in the basic old-age insurance shall pay the basic old-age insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations and record them in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund and individual accounts respectively.
Twenty-third employees should participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees should pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations.
Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.
Article 35 The employing unit shall pay the work-related injury insurance premium according to the total wages of employees and the rate determined by the social insurance agency.
Forty-fourth employees should participate in unemployment insurance, and employers and employees should pay unemployment insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations.
Fifty-third employees should participate in maternity insurance, the employer should pay maternity insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations, and employees do not pay maternity insurance premiums.