Can you use your health insurance card to buy medicine at the pharmacy?

Pharmacies can use health insurance cards to buy medicine.

Medicare is divided into two accounts:

1, personal account: that is, the money in the medical insurance card, can be used to buy drugs at designated pharmacies, outpatient payment and hospitalization costs of the individual out-of-pocket payment;

2, the integrated account: the management of the medical insurance center, the participant if eligible for reimbursement of local medical insurance costs, the integrated account to pay for the conditions.

The health insurance card has two functions:

1, as a hospital admission certificate, that is, if you need to be hospitalized to show this card, you can enjoy the reimbursement of health insurance. You can check the social security website for details on how to get reimbursed;

2. It can be used to pay for medicines and buy medicines at pharmacies when you visit an outpatient clinic.

The main functions of the health insurance card are:

1, social security function: social security card for social security business areas of integrated circuit card, is to handle the social security business, apply for various social security benefits and medical insurance settlement and other electronic vouchers. At present, the insured can hold the social security card to see a doctor in the designated hospitals, real-time settlement in the designated pharmacy to buy drugs;

2, financial functions: social security card has the UnionPay function, can be used as a bank card, you can access the money, swipe the card for shopping;

3, extended functions: social security card is a large-capacity chip card, reserved for the expansion of the space, the next step, the first from the social security business start, and gradually expand to the social public ***** management. The next step is to start with the social security business and gradually expand to the application of social public **** management affairs.

Medicare card is generally designated by the local agent bank contractors, is a multi-functional bank debit card. After the payment of contributions by the insured units, the local medical insurance business department will entrust the bank to pay the part of the personal account to the insured employees' personal medical insurance card at the end of the month.