1, medical assistance, refers to the assistance object to participate in the basic medical insurance, to ensure their access to basic medical insurance services;

2, after deducting all kinds of medical compensation, subsidies, relief and social designated medical donations, it is still difficult to afford the prescribed medical expenses, giving the recipients an appropriate proportion of subsidies to help them obtain basic medical services.

The scope of medical assistance can be:

1, poor people;

2. Urban and rural residents;

3. The rural poor;

4. Other people with special difficulties.

Medical assistance standard:

The standards of medical assistance vary slightly from place to place, and the insured can consult the poverty alleviation department where the household registration is located about the specific identification standards and procedures of different types of assistance objects.

Legal basis: Article 30 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The following medical expenses are not included in the payment scope of the basic medical insurance fund:

(a) shall be paid by the industrial injury insurance fund;

(2) It shall be borne by a third party;

(three) shall be borne by public health;

(4) Go abroad for medical treatment.

Medical expenses that should be borne by a third party according to law. If the third party is unable to pay or cannot determine the third party, the basic medical insurance fund will pay in advance. After the basic medical insurance fund pays in advance, it has the right to recover from the third party.