Can social security buy separate medical insurance

Buying medical insurance is not mandatory if it has the same treatment conditions as the basic medical insurance in social security, but the person concerned is still generally required to buy the basic pension insurance and unemployment insurance in social security.

The People's Republic of China Social Insurance Law, Article 2 The State establishes a social insurance system of basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance, maternity insurance and other social insurance systems to safeguard the right of citizens to obtain material assistance from the State and society in accordance with the law in the event of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment, childbirth and other circumstances. Article 33 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China Article 33 Employees shall participate in work-injury insurance, and the employer shall pay work-injury insurance premiums; employees shall not pay work-injury insurance premiums. Article 35 of the Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China The employer shall pay work-related injury insurance premiums in accordance with the total wages of the employees of the employer at the rate determined by the social insurance agency.