Can I use my social security card to buy medicine at the drugstore?

Social security cards can be used to buy medicines. Social security cards are used to record personal information and medical care. Financial services will be gradually increased, which will be uniformly planned by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and released to the public by local labor and social security departments. At present, the main application is medical treatment, which can realize real-time settlement.

Social security card generally refers to the social security card of the People's Republic of China. The Social Security Card of the People's Republic of China is an integrated circuit (ic) card issued by local human resources and social security departments for various business fields of human resources and social security.

Social security card function:

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.

To sum up, medical insurance cards can be bought at designated pharmacies.

Legal basis:

Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law

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 get material help from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.