The medical insurance card is a kind of card used by insured employees when they seek medical treatment and purchase medicines, which provides a convenient way for the insured to pay for medical services. However, not all pharmacies can swipe health insurance cards, and the following are the types of pharmacies that can swipe health insurance cards.
1.Designated pharmacies:The medical insurance card is mainly used in designated pharmacies. These pharmacies usually have a service agreement with the local health insurance agency to provide the insured person with the purchase of drugs covered by medical insurance.
2.Chain pharmacies:In many cities, large chain pharmacies usually become the location where medical insurance cards can be swiped because of their scale and standardized management.
3.Qualified Retail Pharmacies:In order to become a designated point for medical insurance, pharmacies need to hold relevant qualification certificates such as "Drug Business Enterprise License", "Drug Business Enterprise Certificate" and "Business License", and their information system can meet the management requirements of basic medical insurance.
Circumstances in which you cannot swipe your health insurance card include:
1.Non-designated pharmacies:Pharmacies that do not have an agreement with a health insurance provider are generally not allowed to use health insurance cards.
2.Individual Clinics:Although some individual clinics that have obtained relevant licenses in accordance with the law may not have the conditions for medical insurance cards, this is not a common phenomenon and needs to be confirmed.
3.Overseas pharmacies:You can't use your health insurance card to seek medical treatment or buy medicines abroad.
To sum up, it is recommended that the insured check the list of designated pharmacies issued by the local medical insurance agency before using the medical insurance card, or directly consult whether the pharmacy supports the medical insurance card swiping service to ensure the compliant use of the medical insurance card.