Is rural medical insurance social security?

Rural medical insurance is not social security. The differences between social security and rural medical insurance are as follows:

1. Rural medical insurance is a rural medical insurance system with the nature of medical insurance supported by the government and funded by farmers and rural economic organizations.

2, social insurance is mainly through raising social insurance funds, and in a certain range of social insurance funds as a whole to adjust, when workers encounter labor risks to give necessary help, social insurance provides basic living security for workers, as long as workers meet the conditions for enjoying social insurance, that is, they have established labor relations with employers or paid various social insurance premiums according to regulations, they can enjoy social insurance benefits. Social insurance is the core content of social security system;

3. Only farmers can participate in the integration of new agriculture; Second, the whole family must participate as a family; Three, the new rural cooperative medical system to pay once a year, once a year to participate in this year to enjoy reimbursement; Fourth, due to the limited financing of the new rural cooperative medical fund, the security is slightly lower; Fifth, the new rural cooperative medical system is a national policy, and the ultimate goal is to solve the problem of "poverty caused by illness and returning to poverty due to illness";

4. Medical insurance in social security has the characteristics of low level and wide coverage. Payment is based on the cost that most units and individuals can bear at a low level, covering all units and employees in cities and towns, and employees in different units can enjoy the rights of basic medical insurance. The insured can enjoy lifelong legal basis after completing the payment period.

Legal basis: Article 2 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

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 get material help from the state and society in accordance with the law when they are old, sick, injured, unemployed and have children.

Article 24

The state establishes and improves the new rural cooperative medical system.

Measures for the administration of the new rural cooperative medical system shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 26

The basic medical insurance for employees, the new rural cooperative medical system and the basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations.