Conditions for serious illness relief for retired workers

It mainly covers the requirements of the applicant's identity, disease type and family economic status.

For retired workers who meet the conditions of assistance, the government will provide medical assistance to reduce their economic burden caused by illness.

First, the applicant's identity conditions

First of all, the applicant must be an employee who has gone through the retirement formalities and enjoys the retirement benefits stipulated by the state. This is the basic premise of applying for serious illness relief, and ensuring that the relief funds can be used on retired employees who really need it.

Second, the disease type requirements

Serious illness relief is mainly aimed at some serious diseases, such as malignant tumor, acute myocardial infarction, sequelae of stroke, major organ transplantation or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, coronary artery bypass grafting, end-stage renal disease and so on. The treatment of these diseases is expensive, which brings a heavy burden to retired workers and their families. Therefore, the government provides financial support for retired workers suffering from these diseases through the policy of serious illness relief.

Third, the family economic situation assessment

Retired workers applying for serious illness relief also need to meet the requirements of family economic situation. Generally speaking, the applicant's family income should be lower than the local minimum living standard, and the family property status should also comply with relevant regulations. These conditions are to ensure that relief funds can be used for poor families who need help most.

Four. Application process and approval

Eligible retired workers can submit applications for serious illness relief to local social security departments or civil affairs departments. Relevant supporting materials, such as ID card, retirement certificate, diagnosis certificate and medical expense invoice, need to be provided during the application process. The social security department or the civil affairs department will review the application materials and decide whether to give assistance according to the actual situation of the applicant.

To sum up:

The conditions of serious illness relief for retired workers mainly include the identity of the applicant, the type of disease and the family economic situation. Eligible retired workers can submit applications to local social security departments or civil affairs departments to obtain medical assistance and reduce the economic burden caused by illness.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Article 23 provides that:

Employees should participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, and employers and employees should jointly pay the basic medical insurance premiums in accordance with state regulations.

Temporary measures of social assistance

Article 27 provides that:

The state establishes and improves the medical assistance system to ensure that medical assistance recipients can obtain basic medical and health services. Medical assistance takes the following forms:

(a) the individual payment part of the basic medical insurance for urban residents or the new rural cooperative medical system;

(two) to subsidize the basic medical expenses that individuals and their families can not afford after the basic medical insurance, serious illness insurance and other supplementary medical insurance are paid.