Can I use my social security card to buy medicine at the drugstore?

Social security cards can be bought at pharmacies.

You can use the money in the social security card to buy medicine, but the medicine bought in the pharmacy is not within the scope of reimbursement, and it must happen during hospitalization. After resigning, the funds on the medical insurance card can continue to be consumed until they are used up; Due to resignation, the unit will no longer handle medical insurance payment and other matters for you, and the unit will become an individual, and the individual will handle medical insurance procedures.

Social security includes the following contents:

1, old-age insurance, which guarantees the future old-age life. The insured can receive the pension on time after retirement, and can receive funeral expenses and pensions when he dies early;

2. Medical insurance, because medical expenses can be reimbursed according to regulations; After the payment reaches a certain number of years, retirement can also enjoy medical insurance benefits;

3, unemployment insurance, unemployment insurance can provide an unemployment insurance premium and subsidies when the insured does not take the initiative to unemployment;

4. Work injury insurance. If the insured is injured during work, the insured can pay the treatment fee, life care fee and disability allowance through work-related injury insurance, and provide disability allowance;

5. Maternity insurance, which provides reimbursement and subsidies for the check-up and medical expenses during childbirth.

To sum up, the money in the social security card cannot be taken out, but the money stored in the card can be taken out. Now the social security card and the bank card are integrated, but the pension account and the bank account are separated. Pensions are managed by the government and cannot be withdrawn, but money deposited in bank accounts can be withdrawn. Civil subjects engaged in civil activities shall not violate the law or public order and good customs.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 64

Social insurance funds include basic endowment insurance fund, basic medical insurance fund, industrial injury insurance fund, unemployment insurance fund and maternity insurance fund. In addition to the basic medical insurance fund and maternity insurance fund combined accounting, other social insurance funds are accounted for separately according to social insurance types. Social insurance funds implement a unified accounting system throughout the country. The social insurance fund is earmarked for special purposes, and no organization or individual may occupy or misappropriate it.