How to use your social security card at the pharmacy

Using a social security card to buy medicine at a pharmacy, if it is a designated pharmacy and the medicine is reimbursable, then you can use the social security card to settle the bill directly, and the pharmacy can check out and deduct the fee directly from the person's social security card. If it is not reimbursable, the person will have to pay out of pocket.

Article 26 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 26 The standard of treatment of basic medical insurance for employees, new type of rural cooperative medical care and basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the State. Article 28 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China shall be paid out of the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with national regulations for medical expenses that conform to the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnostic and treatment items, standards of medical service facilities, and those for emergencies and rescues. Article 29 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China The part of the medical expenses of insured persons that should be paid out of the basic medical insurance fund shall be settled directly between the social insurance administration organization and the medical institutions and drug business units. The administrative departments of social insurance and the administrative departments of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses incurred for medical treatment in other places, so as to facilitate the enjoyment of basic medical insurance by insured persons.