How to use the social security card pharmacy to buy medicine?

To use the social security card to pay for medicine, you need to activate the social security card at the designated bank or social security bureau to ensure that there is enough balance in the social security card to pay.

The social security card can only be purchased at the designated pharmacy in the insured area, and it can be paid by swiping the card and entering the password at checkout. Social security card, as a medical card, can be used not only to pay for medicine, but also to register in hospital, see a doctor, stay in hospital and settle expenses, but not to withdraw cash or transfer money. There are relevant regulations on the use of drugs purchased by social security cards. Personal account balance can only be used to pay for basic medical expenses, that is, for common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases, except for Class A and Class B drugs recognized by medical insurance in the medical insurance catalogue, they are all at their own expense. Specific drugs are currently not covered by medical insurance.

The functions of social security cards include:

1, personal social security related information records, electronic certificates and information inquiry, etc. ;

2. Record the insured's name, ID number, date of birth, gender, nationality, household registration and other basic information;

3, query my pension, unemployment, medical care, work injury and maternity insurance payment;

4. You can take the card to the hospital to see a doctor, settle the medical insurance personal account, and buy medicine at the pharmacy;

5 for medical care, unemployment, pension, work injury, maternity and other social security affairs;

6. Query the total amount of endowment insurance and medical insurance;

7. Handling social security affairs such as receiving pension, job-seeking unemployment registration, applying for unemployment insurance, and applying for vocational training;

8. Used for identification.

Legal basis: Article 11 of the Administrative Measures of the People's Republic of China on Social Security Cards.

The third-party organization that undertakes the production of social security cards selected by the card-issuing area shall have a safe production environment that meets the requirements of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, have strict safety management measures in the process of data storage, transmission and use and card transportation, and can ensure the safety of social security card data and keys.

Article 12

For initial business card printing and replacement of card suppliers and products, test cards must be made in a formal business card printing environment, and can be formally made and distributed only after passing the standard compliance audit, safety audit and cross-regional universality test organized by the Office of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Informatization Leading Group.

Article 13

Card-issuing areas should formulate a scientific and reasonable distribution process in accordance with the principle of convenience for cardholders, so as to facilitate cardholders to issue social security cards.