Why should I use my social security card to see a doctor at my own expense?

Can be used for medical treatment, hospitalization and reimbursement of medical expenses. The insured person can show his social security card when registering for medical treatment. If the medical expenses are within the scope of medical insurance, they will be deducted directly from the card, and the funds will be injected into the insured card every year according to the different payment amount (generally about 500 yuan a year). When the balance in the insured's card is deducted, it will enter the self-payment part. At this time, he will have to pay his own medical expenses.

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.