Does the medical insurance card need a password?

Medical insurance cards usually require a password.

In order to ensure the safe use of medical insurance cards and prevent unauthorized access and use, most medical insurance systems require cardholders to set passwords. As a means of identity verification, password can increase the security of medical insurance card. When cardholders use medical insurance cards in hospitals, pharmacies or designated medical insurance services, they usually need to enter a password to verify their identity.

Password setting and management of medical insurance card, the following are some important considerations:

Password setting: The password of the medical insurance card is generally six digits, and the cardholder can set it according to his own preferences for easy memory. It is recommended to set a password that is easy to remember and difficult to guess, such as using a combination of personal information such as birthday and anniversary, but avoid directly using easy-to-guess number sequences.

Password protection: Password is an important protection measure of personal medical insurance card, which should be kept properly to avoid being disclosed to others. Don't write the password on the medical insurance card or put it together with the medical insurance card to prevent it from being lost or stolen.

Password reset: if you forget the password of the medical insurance card, the cardholder generally needs to reset the password at the medical insurance management institution or related service window. When resetting your password, you may need to provide some personal information to verify your identity.

To sum up, the setting of medical insurance card password is very important to protect the security of personal medical insurance account. Cardholders should properly set and manage passwords to avoid leakage and misappropriation.

Legal basis:

Measures of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Social Security Cards

Article 14

Social security cards adopt national unified standards and norms and implement a national key management system. The social security card password is divided into social security application password and financial application password. The social security application password is set by the cardholder and used to handle social security services such as medical insurance settlement and insurance information inquiry in designated medical institutions. The financial application password is set by the cardholder himself at the business outlet of the cooperative bank to handle the financial application business related to the bank account.