Is the new rural cooperative medical system social insurance?

Legal analysis: Yes. The new rural cooperative medical system belongs to social security, but social security not only includes the new rural cooperative medical system.

The new rural cooperative medical system belongs to social security, because the social security of urban and rural residents is the combination of the new rural cooperative medical system and the previous social security of urban residents, so the new rural cooperative medical system belongs to the scope of social security. In a word, social security includes social security for workers and social security for residents, which evolved from the new rural cooperative medical system.

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

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-seventh individuals who participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, when they reach the statutory retirement age, will no longer pay the basic medical insurance premium after retirement and enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits in accordance with state regulations; Those who have not reached the fixed number of years prescribed by the state may pay the fees to the fixed number of years prescribed by the state.

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.