Can I swipe my social security card for health care?

No.

The city health insurance center staff: the use of social security card in the designated medical institutions to buy drugs, only to buy drugs in the directory of health insurance, can not buy health care; any drug for drug (things), resale of drugs, set and fraudulent checking and treatment items such as fraudulent health insurance funds, as well as overdose, over the scope of the purchase of drugs hoarding medicines, such as the health insurance fund is a violation of the act.

In accordance with the provisions of the personal account funds owned by individuals, used to pay for personal outpatient medical expenses and hospitalization out-of-pocket expenses, need to be "dedicated", even if the relatives can not borrow or fraudulent use to buy drugs or treatment. If a loved one uses a social security card to buy drugs on behalf of the health insurance designated retail pharmacies need to register the identity card information of the person who purchased it for verification.

If a designated retail pharmacy fails to verify the identity of the person who purchased the medicine, resulting in losses to the health insurance fund, the losses will be borne by the retail pharmacy, and the individual will be held legally responsible at the same time.

Extended information:

Brush health insurance card to buy health care products, cosmetics, be careful to enter the list of bad faith.

The designated retail pharmacies are recognized for their breach of trust: stealing and swiping medical insurance identification credentials, obtaining cash or purchasing non-medical items such as nutritional and health care products, cosmetics, and daily necessities for the insured, and cheating the medical insurance fund; and stringing together medicines, consumables, and items for the insured, and cheating the medical insurance fund.

Providing card settlement services for non-designated medical institutions, resulting in unreasonable expenditure of the Medical Protection Fund; fraudulently invoicing or providing false invoices for insured persons to defraud the Medical Protection Fund, as well as other dishonest behaviors of designated retail pharmacies.

Reference:

People's Daily Online - Using the Social Security Card for Medical Insurance Accounts You Should Know These Truths

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Xinhua Newspaper Network - Brush medical insurance card to buy health care products, cosmetics? Beware of entering the list of bad faith

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