Do I have to have a medical insurance card to see a doctor?

Not necessarily. You don't need a medical insurance card to go to the hospital. It will be more cost-effective to use the medical insurance card according to your own wishes.

Methods of using medical insurance card in hospital outpatient department

If it is a general medical treatment, you can only use a medical insurance card to see a doctor in a designated medical insurance hospital. Regular hospitals above the general district level are designated hospitals for medical insurance.

Next, if you need to take medicine, film, experiment, etc. When you need to pay, first take the outpatient bill to the medical insurance price. Remember not to go directly to the medical insurance window, and the staff will not handle it without pricing.

After the pricing is completed, find the medical insurance window and hand over the priced documents and medical insurance cards to the staff. If the money in the medical insurance card is enough to pay, you can hand it in directly with the medical insurance card. If it is not enough, the rest of the money needs to be padded by yourself.

Medical insurance e-card has no money to brush?

According to the law, as long as our medical insurance is in a normal state of participation, even if there is no balance in the account, it can be reimbursed. The money on the card is equivalent to your own cash, which has nothing to do with reimbursement. After the money in the medical insurance card is used up, you can't buy medicine in the outpatient clinic and daily pharmacy, but you can pay for the reimbursement of hospitalization expenses. The most important function of medical insurance card is the existence of account. Whether you have money or not can be reimbursed by credit card, which plays the role of medical insurance identity confirmation.

3. Does the social security card need to be specified for reimbursement?

At present, the medical insurance card can not be used nationwide, so the use of medical insurance card is still limited to the insured place. However, if you seek medical treatment in a different place, you can go through the registration formalities in the insured place first, and then seek medical treatment in a different place, then the medical insurance expenses incurred in the registered hospital can be settled directly with the medical insurance card without going back and forth.

Non-designated hospitals need to pay for themselves first, and then take invoices and other materials to the Social Security Bureau for reimbursement. You can consult the local social security department first.

Legal basis:

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

Twenty-eighth medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency treatment and rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.

Twenty-ninth medical expenses of the insured shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund, and shall be directly settled by the social insurance agency, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units.

The administrative department of social insurance and the administrative department of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits.