Meituan Pharmacy Expands Medical Insurance Drug Purchase Service to Multiple Cities

TapTechNews August 1st news, Meituan Pharmacy announced today that it has launched medical insurance drug purchase services in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, supporting local insured users to use the personal medical insurance account to buy drugs online, with an 'average of 30 minutes home delivery'. Currently, it supports the medical insurance payment for commonly used OTC drugs, including cold remedies, gastrointestinal drugs, skin drugs, rheumatism and bone injuries, etc..

It is worth noting that the Guangzhou Municipal Medical Insurance Bureau just announced yesterday that since July 31, Guangzhou has officially launched the online purchase of non-prescription drug medical insurance personal account payment service, and the first batch of 24 medical insurance-designated retail pharmacies that are currently in operation have been fully connected to the online medical insurance payment system, and the insured people can use the medical insurance personal account for payment settlement when purchasing non-prescription drugs online.

According to the introduction, the 24 pharmacies in the first batch of operation in Guangzhou are all chain brands. In addition to the 'Guangdong Medical Insurance' mini-program, the insured people can also use this service through a variety of channels, such as third-party platforms such as Meituan and Alipay.

As of the TapTechNews posting, Meituan Pharmacy has launched online medical insurance drug purchase services in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Zhuhai, Shangrao, Dongguan and other cities. The official of Meituan said that the company is accelerating the construction of medical insurance drug purchase services, continuously expanding the coverage range and enriching the types of drugs, and striving to provide more convenient drug purchase experience for the majority of users.