1.The National Medical Security Bureau of the People's Republic of China*** and the State Council is an organization directly under the State Council, at the vice-ministerial level, established in March 2018. Its main functions are to formulate policies, plans, standards and organize the implementation of medical insurance, maternity insurance, medical assistance and other medical security systems, supervise and manage the relevant medical security funds, improve the national platform for the management of medical treatment in different places and the settlement of expenses, organize the formulation and adjustment of prices and charges for medicines, medical services, formulate policies on bidding and procurement of medicines and medical consumables, and supervise the supervision and management of the inclusion in the scope of medical insurance It also organizes the setting and adjustment of prices and charges for medicines and medical services, formulates bidding and procurement policies for medicines and medical consumables and supervises their implementation, and supervises and manages the service behaviors and medical fees of medical institutions included in the scope of medical insurance. In order to improve the unified basic medical insurance system for urban and rural residents and the major disease insurance system, continuously improve the level of medical protection, ensure the rational use of medical insurance funds, safe and controllable, and comprehensively push forward the reform of medical care, medical insurance, and pharmaceuticals, and to better guarantee medical treatment, the State Council's institutional reform program proposes that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) be transferred from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Health, and that the Ministry of Social Security be transferred from the MOHRSS. The State Council institutional reform program proposes to integrate the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security's responsibilities for basic medical insurance and maternity insurance for urban workers and urban residents, the National Health and Family Planning Commission's responsibilities for new rural cooperative medical care, the National Development and Reform Commission's responsibilities for the management of prices of medicines and health care services, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs' responsibilities for medical assistance, and to form the National Medical Security Bureau as an organization directly under the State Council.
2. Medical insurance is a kind of insurance to compensate for medical expenses caused by illness. Employees due to illness, injury, childbirth, social or corporate social insurance to provide the necessary medical services or material assistance. Medical insurance is characterized by a "low level and wide coverage", with contributions based on a low level of costs that the vast majority of units and individuals can afford, and with wide coverage of all units and employees in cities and towns, so that employees in units of different natures can all enjoy the right to basic medical insurance. Participants can enjoy the right to basic medical insurance for the rest of their lives once they have completed their contribution period. Secondly, the basic medical insurance is characterized by "both sides of the burden, combined with the unified account"; "to determine the expenditure with income, income and expenditure balance" as the principle.