Can the third generation social security card seek medical treatment in different places?

Yes, but direct settlement of medical treatment in different places still requires filing or referral in different places. At present, the third generation social security card can realize the direct settlement of hospitalization expenses across provinces and different places, but it is not universal in China. Only Hubei, Sichuan, Shanghai, Shandong and other regions have begun to use the third generation social security card, and Hunan Province has recently opened the third generation social security card.

In other words, the third-generation social security cards in some areas can be settled in different places, but they still need to be filed. For example, the second and third generation cards in Guangzhou can be used as identification documents for settlement of hospitalization in different places. Individuals only need to pay the medical expenses that should be borne by individuals, and the overall expenses are directly settled by medical insurance agencies and hospitals.

The new functions of social security card include medical settlement and medical treatment in different places. After the social security card realizes the national one-card system, everyone can realize the real-time settlement of local and cross-regional medical insurance, industrial injury insurance and maternity insurance through the social security card.

Legal basis:

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

Article 24

The state establishes and improves the new rural cooperative medical system.

Measures for the administration of the new rural cooperative medical system shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 31

According to the needs of management services, social insurance agencies can sign service agreements with medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units to standardize medical service behavior.

Medical institutions shall provide reasonable and necessary medical services for the insured.

Article 32

If an individual is employed across the overall planning area, his basic medical insurance relationship will be transferred accordingly, and the payment period will be calculated cumulatively.