Can an electronic social security card be used to buy drugs

Participants can use the electronic social security card to buy drugs. If a participant pays medical insurance fees for a certain period of time, he or she can directly issue his or her electronic social security card to settle the bill at a designated pharmacy, provided that the drugs purchased are within the scope of the basic medical insurance drug catalog and so on.

Article 26 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) The basic medical insurance for employees, the new rural cooperative medical care and the basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the State. Article 28 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China shall be paid out of the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with national regulations for medical expenses that conform to the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnostic and treatment items, standards of medical service facilities, and those for emergencies and rescues. Article 29 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China The part of the medical expenses of insured persons that should be paid out of the basic medical insurance fund shall be settled directly between the social insurance administration organization and the medical institutions and drug business units. The administrative departments of social insurance and the administrative departments of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses incurred for medical treatment in other places, so as to facilitate the enjoyment of basic medical insurance by insured persons.