Will it be cheaper for social security cards to take medicine at designated pharmacies?

It won't be cheap to take medicine with social security card in designated pharmacies, which is the same price as cash.

First of all, you should understand the purpose of social security card:

1. When the money in the medical insurance card is used to buy medicine, it will be directly deducted from the medical insurance card. If there is enough money in the card, there is no need to pay cash. Not a discount card like a membership card. In fact, it's just the insurance premium you usually pay in proportion. To put it bluntly, it is the money you paid in, so the money in Cary belongs to you. Just for a special purpose. It can only be used to buy medicine to treat diseases, and it can also be inherited.

2. Hospitalization or drug purchase Not all medical care and drugs can be paid by medical insurance card, which depends on the local medical insurance catalogue. The purchased drugs and medical treatment items must be in the local medical insurance catalogue before they can be paid by medical insurance card. If the purchased drugs are not in the local medical insurance catalogue (that is, self-funded drugs and self-funded medical treatment items), they cannot be paid by medical insurance cards, and medical insurance cards can only be used in hospitals or pharmacies designated by local medical insurance centers.

3. Whether to enter the drugs or medical treatment items in the local medical insurance catalogue can be searched on the website of the local social security (medical insurance) center or on the touch screen of the lobby of a large regular non-profit hospital.

Therefore, it is not expensive to buy medicine with social security card, which is the same as buying medicine with cash. The key is the price of the drugstore you bought. If the price of the drugstore you buy is higher, you will definitely buy it. If the price of the pharmacy where you buy medicine is low, it will naturally be cheaper, but the retail price of medicine will not be higher than the national price.

Extended data:

The Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China is an integrated circuit (ic) card, which is uniformly planned by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and issued to the public by local human resources and social security departments, and used in various business fields of human resources and social security.

First, there are three situations in which pharmacies can use social security cards to buy medicines.

1. In the first case, when the insured buys prescription drugs in designated retail pharmacies, he must prepare, purchase and use them in strict accordance with the state regulations with the prescription of a practicing physician or assistant practicing physician. As for which drugs are prescription drugs, the state has unified regulations. Insured people can buy prescription drugs at designated retail pharmacies with a doctor's prescription, as long as the balance in their personal accounts is enough to pay the current drug expenses, and there is no minimum accumulation requirement in their personal accounts.

2. In the second case, the insured person can buy over-the-counter drugs at designated retail pharmacies with a doctor's prescription, as long as the balance in the personal account is enough to pay the current drug expenses, and there is no requirement for the minimum accumulated amount in the personal account.

3. The third case is that the insured person purchases non-prescription drugs at designated retail pharmacies without a doctor's prescription, and the balance of his personal account should exceed the minimum accumulated amount before purchasing drugs by credit card.

Second, the role of social security card:

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; ? [4]?

7. Handle social security affairs such as receiving pensions, registering for job hunting and unemployment, applying for unemployment insurance benefits, and vocational training.

8. Used for identification

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-social security card