How long can I pay my social security card and go to the drugstore to buy medicine?

Legal analysis: the general social security card can be used after activation, and you can go to the pharmacy to buy medicine. You don't have to wait that long. The medical insurance account in social security needs to be insured for three months in a row, that is, it will take effect after the fourth month.

Legal basis: Article 58 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law. The employing unit shall handle social insurance registration for employees within 30 days from the date of employment. If the social insurance has not been registered, the social insurance agency shall verify the social insurance premium it should pay. Employees-free individual industrial and commercial households who voluntarily participate in social insurance, part-time employees who do not participate in social insurance in the employing unit and other flexible employees shall apply to the social insurance agency for social insurance registration. The state establishes a national unified personal social security number. Personal social security number is a citizen's identity number.