Can I swipe my medical insurance card for prescription drugs in pharmacies?

Legal analysis: Yes, as long as the card has money, you can buy medicine at the designated medical insurance pharmacy at any time, without restrictions. As long as you participate in employee medical insurance and pay the normal fee, you can swipe your card at the designated pharmacy of the Social Security Bureau.

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.