Do you need to pay medical insurance?

Medical insurance generally refers to basic medical insurance, which is a social insurance system established to compensate workers for economic losses caused by disease risks. The medical insurance fund is established through the contributions of employers and individuals. After the insured person has medical expenses, the medical insurance institution will give certain economic compensation. The establishment and implementation of the basic medical insurance system has gathered the economic strength of units and social members. With the government's funding, sick social members can get necessary material help from the society, reduce the burden of medical expenses, and prevent sick social members from "poverty due to illness".

In the traditional sense, medical insurance refers to raising medical insurance funds among certain insured people in a certain area through mandatory policies and regulations or voluntary contracts handled by specific organizations or institutions.

Medical insurance has the basic characteristics of social insurance, such as compulsion, mutual assistance and sociality. Therefore, the medical insurance system is usually enforced by national legislation and a fund system is established. The expenses are paid jointly by the employer and the individual, and the medical insurance premium is paid by the medical insurance institution to solve the medical risks caused by the illness or injury of the workers.

Medical insurance, like other types of insurance, collects medical insurance premiums from people threatened by diseases in advance in the form of contracts and establishes medical insurance funds; When the insured goes to a medical institution for medical treatment, the medical insurance institution will give him some economic compensation. Therefore, medical insurance also has two functions of insurance: risk transfer and compensation transfer. That is, the economic losses caused by individual disease risks are distributed to all members threatened by the same risks, and the economic losses caused by diseases are compensated by centralized medical insurance funds.

Article 23 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), employees shall participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and the employer and employees shall jointly pay the basic medical insurance premium according to the provisions of the state.

Individual industrial and commercial households without employees, part-time employees who have not participated in the basic medical insurance for employees and other flexible employees can participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and individuals pay the basic medical insurance premium in accordance with state regulations.