Medical insurance coverage is seriously ill in Shanghai.

Legal analysis: The scope of serious illness medical insurance in Shanghai includes: dialysis treatment of severe uremia, anti-rejection treatment of renal transplantation, treatment of malignant tumor (chemotherapy, endocrine-specific treatment, radiotherapy, isotope therapy, interventional therapy and traditional Chinese medicine treatment) and medical expenses incurred by some mental diseases (schizophrenia, moderate and severe depression, mania, obsessive-compulsive disorder, mental retardation with psychosis, epilepsy with psychosis and paranoid psychosis).

Legal basis: Article 29 of the Social Insurance Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The medical expenses of the insured shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund, and shall be directly settled by social insurance agencies, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units.

The administrative department of social insurance and the administrative department of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits.