Are social security and medical insurance the same thing?

Social security and medical insurance are certainly not the same thing. Simply put, social security includes medical insurance, which is a kind of social security.

Social security is social insurance, including five kinds of insurance, namely, endowment insurance, medical insurance (medical insurance), unemployment insurance, work injury insurance and maternity insurance; And medical insurance is medical insurance. Obviously, the scope of social security is much larger than medical insurance.

It is found that many people are not very clear about the difference between social security and medical insurance. Some people even regard social security and medical insurance as the same thing, while others mistake social security for old-age insurance, which makes a joke.

In addition, for social security cards and medical insurance cards, many people are also stupid and unclear. Social security card and medical insurance card are not the same thing.

Similarly, social security cards are more powerful than medical insurance cards. Medical insurance card can only be used for medical settlement, with single function and multiple functions of social security card. By the end of this year, 102 social service functions will be opened.

Simply put, the social security card is the people's livelihood card. Besides medical treatment, it can also do many things, such as social security payment, social security benefits, pensions, unemployment benefits, and can also be used as a bank card.

Now many places are gradually stopping using medical insurance cards and promoting social security cards. In the future, the social security card will become the only certificate to enjoy social security benefits, and this year, the social security card will realize the national one-card system. With the social security card, the hospitalization expenses of inter-provincial medical treatment can be directly settled.