Can I go to the pharmacy to buy medicine with my social security card?

The medical insurance personal account in the social security card can be used for pharmacies to buy medicines. Personal account is mainly used to pay the expenses borne by individuals in general outpatient medical expenses, drug purchase expenses and hospitalization medical expenses.

Taking Zhengzhou as an example, according to Article 25 of the Measures for the Basic Medical Insurance of Workers in Zhengzhou City, the overall fund is mainly used to pay for hospitalization medical expenses, outpatient medical expenses for specified diseases and outpatient medical expenses for serious and serious diseases. Personal accounts are mainly used to pay for general outpatient medical expenses, drug purchase expenses and hospitalization medical expenses borne by individuals. When the personal account balance is insufficient to pay, the excess shall be borne by the individual. Pooled funds and individual accounts shall be accounted for separately and shall not be misappropriated.

Extended data:

Measures of Zhengzhou Municipality on Basic Medical Insurance for Employees Article 41 The medical expenses incurred by the insured in designated medical institutions with personal accounts shall be settled by social security cards. Social insurance agencies shall settle accounts with designated medical institutions according to the actual medical expenses incurred in individual accounts. The medical expenses incurred by the insured in the hospitalization of designated medical institutions shall be borne by the individual and settled by himself and the designated medical institutions; The part that should be paid by the overall fund should be accounted for.

Social insurance agencies regularly settle medical expenses with designated medical institutions, and reserve a certain percentage of quality margin. The quality deposit shall be returned according to the annual service quality assessment results.

Zhengzhou Municipal Government-Measures of Zhengzhou Municipality on Basic Medical Insurance for Employees