How to activate community medical insurance card

Legal analysis: 1. Network activation: Cardholders can bring their original ID card and medical insurance card to any business outlet of the cooperative bank of medical insurance card, apply to the counter staff for activating the medical insurance card, provide relevant information as required, and set a password to successfully activate it. 2. Medical insurance designated hospital activation: Cardholders can bring their ID cards and medical insurance cards to designated hospitals for treatment. When they use the social security card for the first time, they can directly activate the social security function by registering for outpatient or inpatient services normally.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Twenty-sixth basic medical insurance for employees, new rural cooperative medical care and basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations.

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.