Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.
Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.
Twenty-sixth basic medical insurance for employees, new rural cooperative medical care and basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations.
Twenty-eighth medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency treatment and rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.
Supplementary Notice of the General Office of the National Medical Insurance Bureau, the General Office of the Ministry of Finance and the General Office of the National Health and Wellness Committee on Doing a Good Job in Medical Security for Type II Pneumonia in novel coronavirus. Effectively protect the medical expenses of suspected patients. On the basis of ensuring the medical expenses of confirmed patients in accordance with the regulations, during the epidemic period, after the medical expenses of suspected patients determined by the diagnosis and treatment plan of novel coronavirus infected pneumonia in the health department are paid in accordance with the regulations, the personal burden will be partly made by the medical treatment place to formulate financial subsidy policies and arrange funds to implement comprehensive protection, and the central government will give appropriate subsidies as appropriate.