How to transfer the medical insurance to a different place?

The process of transferring medical insurance to a different place is as follows:

1. Submitting a transfer-out application:

An individual takes his ID card and social security card, goes to the nearby social security center and submits a transfer-out application to the staff, and prints the basic medical insurance participation (joint) voucher.

2. Submitting a transfer application:

The individual takes the basic medical insurance participation certificate, social security card, and ID card and goes to the social security office in the place where the transfer is to take place and submits a transfer application to the staff.

3. The social security organization in the transferring place conducts an audit:

After receiving the application for transfer, the staff in the transferring place carefully verifies the information of the individual's participation in the insurance program, the individual's working years, etc. For those who meet the conditions for transfer, they print out the contact letter of transferring the basic medical insurance relationship respectively, and send it to the social security bureau in the transferring place by mail.

4. The social security organization in the transferring place sends back the information:

After receiving the "Contact Letter for Transferring and Continuing Basic Medical Insurance Relationships" by mail, the social security bureau in the transferring place sends back to the social security bureau in the transferring place the "Information Sheet on Changes in the Types of Medical Insurance of the Enrolled Personnel", and the amount of the individual account of the medical insurance needs to be transferred together with the amount of the individual account of the medical insurance needs to be transferred.

5. The social security organization in the place of transfer shall handle the transfer formalities:

After receiving the above transfer information form, the information form on the change of medical insurance and the relevant transferred funds, the social security bureau in the place of transfer shall handle the social insurance transfer formalities in accordance with the regulations.

Extended information:

Medicare refers to social medical insurance. It is a social insurance system for basic medical needs of workers in case of illness by the state and society in accordance with laws and regulations.

On January 12, 2016, the State Council issued the Opinions on the Integration of the Basic Medical Insurance System for Urban and Rural Residents, which called for promoting the integration of the urban residents' medical insurance and the New Rural Cooperative system, and gradually establishing a unified medical insurance system for urban and rural residents nationwide.

On Dec. 20, 2016, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security held a video conference on the work of nationwide networking of basic medical insurance and direct settlement for medical treatment in other places, and signed a work responsibility letter with 22 provinces, including Beijing, that had applied for the first batch of launching the nationwide networking of basic medical insurance and direct settlement of medical treatment in different places across provinces, marking the official shift of the work of direct settlement of medical treatment in different places across provinces to the implementation stage.

In June 2021, the statistical bulletin showed that in 2020, the number of national basic medical insurance participants was 1,361.31 million, with the participation rate stabilizing at over 95%.