Is rural cooperative medical care social security?

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

1, rural cooperative medical insurance can only be participated by farmers, that is, people with rural hukou;

2, the rural cooperative medical insurance must take the family as a unit to participate in the whole family;

3, the rural cooperative medical insurance is a year to pay, a year to participate in, to participate in this year to enjoy reimbursement;

4. Due to the limited financing of rural cooperative medical insurance fund, the security is slightly lower;

5. Rural cooperative medical insurance 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".

The medical insurance in social security has the characteristics of "low level and wide coverage", and the payment is based on the expenses that most units and individuals can bear at a low level, covering all units and employees in cities and towns. Employees of different units can enjoy the right of basic medical insurance, and the insured can enjoy it for life after completing the payment period. Secondly, the basic medical insurance has the characteristics of "burden on both sides and combination of unified accounts". In accordance with the principle of balance of payments, enjoy treatment according to unified standards. "

Legal basis: Article 24 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.

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.