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What is medical assistance?
Medical assistance refers to the special help and support provided by the state and society to citizens who are unable to treat diseases because of poverty.

Medical assistance is usually under the leadership of the relevant government departments, with the extensive participation of society, through medical institutions to restore the health of the poor and maintain their basic viability.

Hospital medical assistance declaration process

1. The medical assistance object himself or his guardian shall submit a written application to the township government (street office) through the village (neighborhood Committee) where the household registration is located, and provide relevant certification materials, and sign a letter of commitment and a power of attorney for applying for social assistance family integrity.

2. review. After accepting the application, the township government (street office) immediately organized qualification examination, family economic status check, household survey and democratic appraisal. , and after publicity (publicity period of not less than 5 working days), put forward opinions on the object to be rescued that meets the conditions of medical assistance, and report it to the civil affairs department at the county level for approval; For those who do not meet the conditions for assistance, explain the reasons to the applicant. 3. recognition. Civil affairs departments at the county level shall review the relevant materials reported by township governments (street offices) and conduct household surveys when necessary. To meet the conditions of medical assistance, after soliciting the opinions of the county-level financial department, make a decision on examination and approval; Do not meet the conditions of relief, the town government (street offices) to inform the applicant and explain the reasons.

4. distribution. Medical assistance funds are distributed to the recipients through socialization, and the county civil affairs department entrusts the township government (street office) to handle them.

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Temporary measures of social assistance

Article 27 The state establishes and improves the medical assistance system to ensure that medical assistance recipients can obtain basic medical and health services.

Article 28 The following persons may apply for relevant medical assistance:

(a) the minimum living security family members;

(2) Helpless dependents;

(3) Other persons with special difficulties as stipulated by the people's governments at or above the county level.

Article 29 Medical assistance shall take the following forms:

(a) the individual payment part of the basic medical insurance for urban residents or the new rural cooperative medical system;

(two) to subsidize the basic medical expenses that individuals and their families can not afford after the basic medical insurance, serious illness insurance and other supplementary medical insurance are paid.

The standard of medical assistance shall be determined and published by the people's governments at or above the county level according to the level of economic and social development and the situation of medical assistance funds.

Thirtieth applications for medical assistance shall be submitted to the township people's governments and sub-district offices, and shall be examined and approved by the civil affairs departments of the people's governments at the county level. Medical assistance for family members of the minimum living guarantee and destitute dependents shall be directly handled by the civil affairs department of the people's government at the county level.

Thirty-first people's governments at or above the county level shall establish and improve the medical expenses settlement mechanism linking medical assistance with basic medical insurance and serious illness insurance, and provide convenient services for medical assistance recipients.

Article 32 The state establishes an emergency medical aid system to provide medical aid to patients who need first aid but whose identity is unknown or who are unable to pay for it. In accordance with the provisions of the first aid expenses paid by the disease emergency relief fund.