How long can social security be used after payment?

Legal analysis: From the first month of payment, you can use the money in the medical insurance card (the part paid by the individual) to buy medicine or see a doctor in a drugstore or hospital where you can use the medical insurance card.

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.