Introduction of medical insurance card:
Social medical insurance card (referred to as medical insurance card or medical insurance card) is a special card for the medical insurance personal account, which uses personal ID card as the identification code, and stores personal ID card number, name, gender, as well as the allocation of the account funds, spending, and so on.
Social medical insurance cards are generally organized by local banks designated as agents, and after contributions are made by the participating units, the local medical insurance undertakings entrust the banks to disburse the portion of the individual account funds to the individual medical insurance cards of the participating employees at the end of the month.
Medicare card processing methods are as follows:
1. Participants with their own valid documents (ID card, household register, etc.), to the neighboring county medical insurance center to apply for the county medical insurance center on the spot to be completed.
2. Participants can also go to the neighboring street (town) health insurance service point (hereinafter referred to as the service point) to apply for processing on behalf of the service point will be completed within three working days. The participant should go to the service point within the specified time to collect the medical insurance card that has been processed on his/her behalf.
3. The participant can entrust another person to handle the application on his behalf. The delegated person should bring along his/her own and the participant's valid documents when handling the application.
4. When the employer centralizes the process, the employer can go to the county health insurance center with a letter of introduction and the valid ID of the person in charge, and then the employer will send the card to the participant.
Precautions related to the use of the card:
1. The card should be kept in a safe place and should not be bent, folded or scratched, and should not come into contact with magnetic objects (e.g., televisions, stereos, magnetic clasps, etc.).
2. The card is for the sole use of the insured person and may not be lent, used fraudulently, altered or forged.
3. If the card cannot be used due to equipment failure of the designated medical institution or designated pharmacy, the medical fee will be paid in cash by the individual first, and then re-settled according to the regulations at the original medical institution or pharmacy where the equipment failure occurred after the failure is eliminated.
4. If a participant goes abroad and cancels his/her household registration, transfers his/her health insurance relationship out of the city, or dies and terminates his/her health insurance relationship, he/she or his/her family members should return his/her card to the city, district or county health insurance centers, or to the service point for cancellation.