Can medical insurance be transferred across provinces

Medicare can be transferred across provinces. The procedures for transferring medical insurance across provinces are as follows:

1. Before the insured person is employed across the co-ordination area, the insured unit or person will bring the insured unit or person to the place of transferring to apply for the termination of medical insurance enrollment;

2. The place of transferring will issue a voucher of enrollment in a different place and handle the procedure of transferring;

3. After the insured person enrolls in the medical insurance of the new employing unit, the insured person will carry the required information to the social security agency of the place of transferring and apply for the transfer of medical insurance;

4. After accepting the application, if the application meets the conditions for local transfer, the transferring local social security agency shall contact the transferring local social security agency within 15 working days from the date of acceptance, and generate and issue a Contact Letter for Transferring and Continuing the Basic Medical Insurance Relationship;

5. The transferring local social security agency shall complete the termination of the The transferring organization in the transferring place will complete the procedures of terminating the participant's participation in the insurance and transferring the amount of individual account within 15 working days from the date of receipt of the Contact Letter;

6. The transferring organization in the transferring place will complete the transferring procedures within 15 working days from the date of receipt of the Information Sheet and the balance of the individual account.

The documents needed to apply for inter-provincial health insurance transfer are as follows:

1. Proof of identity: copies and originals of valid identity documents (e.g. ID cards, passports, etc.);

2. Hukou: copies and originals of Hukou books;

3. Social security cards: copies and originals of the original provincial health insurance cards (if any);

4. Proof of employment or residence: Proof of employment at the workplace, labor contract, proof of social security payment, proof of residence, etc.;

5. Proof of transfer: proof of transfer issued by the health insurance agency of the original province, proving that you have canceled your health insurance in the original province;

6. Application form for transfer: the health insurance agency of the target province may ask you to fill in the application form for transfer and provide relevant personal information;

7. Other related materials: Depending on the requirements of the health insurance organization in the target province, you may be required to provide other related materials, such as personal photos and health examination reports.

In summary, health insurance participants moving across the integrated area, shall not repeat the insurance and repeat the benefits, in accordance with the provisions of the transfer of the basic medical insurance relationship. Employee health insurance participants who have a unit can be applied for by the unit for their application, flexible employment and residents and other insured persons by individual application. The transfer of basic medical insurance relationship is unified and standardized, and can be carried out across provinces. The medical insurance agencies in each coordinating area will do a good job of transferring the basic medical insurance relationship in accordance with the requirements.

Legal basis:

The Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 31

Social insurance agencies may, according to the needs of management and service, enter into service agreements with medical institutions and drug business units to regulate the behavior of medical services. Medical institutions shall provide reasonable and necessary medical services to the insured.

Article 32

If an individual is employed across the integrated area, his basic medical insurance relationship shall be transferred with him, and the years of contribution shall be accumulated.