Do I need a password to swipe my medical insurance card?

Generally, you don't need a password to swipe a medical insurance card, but all medical insurance cards have an initial password.

At the same time, because the password is to ensure the financial security of the personal medical insurance card, the country does not unify the password of the social insurance card, and the initial password of the medical insurance card in different regions is generally different. Cardholders can call the hotline of Social Security Bureau 12333 for consultation through voice prompts.

Medical insurance card password modification method:

1. Cardholders can call the hotline of the Social Security Bureau and make corrections through voice prompts.

2. Cardholders can also change their passwords at designated medical institutions and retail pharmacies or local social security bureaus with their ID cards.

Pay attention to the following points when using the medical insurance card:

1, remember your personal password. The medical insurance card is the main voucher for the insured employees to purchase medicines for medical treatment. When the insured person goes to the hospital to buy medicine, he should take the initiative to show his medical insurance card and enter his password as required. Only after entering the correct password can it be used normally. The insured can change the private password on the magnetic card reader in the business window of designated medical institutions, retail pharmacies and medical insurance centers.

2. Don't reveal the password to others, and don't put the card and password together to prevent theft or loss. If the medical insurance card is lost or stolen, you should report the loss and cancel it at your medical insurance center with your ID card as soon as possible. The cardholder shall be responsible for all economic losses within 24 hours (inclusive) before the loss of the medical insurance card and after the medical insurance agency accepts the loss.

3. Don't put anything magnetic or capable of generating a magnetic field on the medical insurance card, so as to avoid the card being magnetized (that is, demagnetized) and affect the use of the magnetic card.

Further reading: How to buy insurance, which is good, and teach you how to avoid these "pits" of insurance.