How to activate the balance of medical insurance card account

The method for activating the balance of the medical insurance card account includes:

1, activation of designated hospitals: When the insured handles registration, hospitalization, outpatient service and other registration services in designated hospitals, they can directly activate the medical insurance card in the hospital settlement window.

2. Designated pharmacy activation: When the insured person goes to the designated medical insurance pharmacy to buy medicine, the pharmacy staff can directly activate the medical insurance card.

3. Bank activation: each medical insurance card has a fixed bank, and the cardholder carries his ID card and medical insurance card to the corresponding bank outlet to activate and modify the initial password of the medical insurance card. The bank staff will tell you how to operate.

4. Online activation: The insured can activate the medical insurance card on WeChat and Alipay.

5. Social Security Bureau service window activation: bring your ID card and social security card, go directly to the local social security bureau service window, and find the relevant staff to go through the activation procedures.

6. Telephone activation of social security bureau: call the social security bureau, transfer to manual customer service, give corresponding information as required, and activate the social security card.

What are the functions of the medical insurance card?

1. Used for purchasing drugs: when the insured purchases drugs, medical devices, disinfection products, etc. In the designated retail stores of medical insurance, they can pay with medical insurance cards. It should be noted that the purchase amount of medical insurance card every half month is less than 200.

2. For seeing a doctor: When the insured is sick, he can register and see a doctor in a designated hospital with a medical insurance card and a medical insurance manual in a designated medical institution. Outpatient (emergency) medical expenses, medical expenses below the overall fund qifubiaozhun and medical expenses above the overall fund qifubiaozhun and below the maximum payment limit can use medical insurance cards.

3. Used to help relatives pay medical insurance premiums: After signing a payment agreement with the medical insurance management center, the insured can use the funds in the personal account of the medical insurance card to pay the basic medical insurance premiums for urban residents for their relatives, but the number of times is limited to two or less.

4. Physical examination: The insured can use personal accounts to settle the health examination expenses of designated medical institutions below the municipal level (including the municipal level).

Generally speaking, there are many ways to activate the medical insurance card. The insured can choose the appropriate activation method according to the actual situation. The activation of the medical insurance card must be the insured person to avoid unnecessary losses.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 11

The basic old-age insurance combines social pooling with individual accounts.

The basic old-age insurance fund consists of employers, individual contributions and government subsidies.

Article 12

The employing unit shall pay the basic old-age insurance premium according to the proportion of the total wages of its employees stipulated by the state, and record it in the basic old-age insurance pooling fund.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Basic Medical Care and Health Promotion Law

Article 82

The cost of basic medical services is mainly paid by basic medical insurance funds and individuals. The state raises basic medical insurance funds through various channels according to law, and gradually improves the mechanism of sustainable financing and adjusting the level of basic medical insurance protection. Citizens have the right and obligation to participate in basic medical insurance according to law. Employers and employees pay basic medical insurance premiums for employees in accordance with state regulations. Urban and rural residents pay the basic medical insurance premiums for urban and rural residents according to regulations.