What to do if you don't have a social security card to see a doctor

If the person is on Medicare but does not have a social security card at the moment, he or she can see a doctor. Although reimbursement is possible, but in the health insurance reimbursement will be more cumbersome than the normal procedure when you have a social security card. Participants can be reimbursed for medical expenses incurred in agreed medical institutions that meet the standards of the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnostic and therapeutic items, and medical service facilities.

Some Provisions on the Implementation of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 8

Medical expenses incurred by insured persons in the agreement medical institutions, which are in line with the standards of the basic medical insurance drug catalog, diagnostic and therapeutic items, and medical services and facilities, will be paid out of the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with the state regulations. Participants in need of emergency treatment, rescue, can be in non-agreement medical institutions;

The scope of drugs that must be used for rescue can be appropriately relaxed. The specific management of emergency and rescue medical services for the insured persons shall be formulated by the coordinating region according to the local actual situation.