Can chemotherapy drugs be reimbursed?

Legal analysis: whether chemotherapy can be reimbursed is not uniform. If some drugs for chemotherapy are not covered by medical insurance, they cannot be reimbursed. However, patients need to know that most chemotherapy drugs are basically within the scope of medical insurance, and general routine chemotherapy can be reimbursed, but according to the proportion of drugs used, each region and hospital may be different. The provisions of self-funded drugs and medical insurance drugs shall be formulated by the corresponding departments of the Medical Insurance Bureau. Generally speaking, except for the medical insurance drugs reimbursed by Class A and B, they are all self-funded drugs. Self-funded drugs cannot be reimbursed, and the expenses are borne by yourself. Medical insurance drugs are divided into Class A and Class B, and Class A can be fully reimbursed. The reimbursement rate of Class B drugs is 60%~80%, which varies from county, city and provincial hospitals.

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

Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.

Twenty-sixth basic medical insurance for employees, new rural cooperative medical care and basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations.

Twenty-eighth medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency treatment and rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.