According to the official website of the National Healthcare Security Administration, from January to July 2024, there were 191 million cases of family assistance in employee medical insurance personal accounts, with a total assistance amount of 22.738 billion yuan. There are 25 provinces including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. As long as both the donor and the recipient are insured in the same province, regardless of whether they are in the same city, they can help each other with their personal account funds. Provinces with a high number of mutual aid visits include Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, etc; Provinces with large amounts of mutual aid include Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Beijing, Chongqing, etc; Provinces with a higher proportion of mutual aid funds in personal account expenditures during the same period include Tianjin, Chongqing, Qinghai, Yunnan, Jiangxi, etc. From the perspective of mutual aid regions, within the same overall planning area (usually the same city), there were 180 million households providing mutual aid, with a total amount of 20.832 billion yuan; Within the province, there were 10.9583 million cross regional family assistance cases, with a total assistance amount of 1.906 billion yuan. From the perspective of mutual aid purposes, 21.239 billion yuan was used to pay for personal medical expenses incurred in designated medical institutions, 967 million yuan was used to pay for personal expenses incurred in designated retail pharmacies, and 377 million yuan was used for personal contributions to participate in residents' basic medical insurance, etc. (residents' medical insurance contributions are mainly concentrated from September to the end of each year). As of August 15, Hebei, Hunan, Xizang and other provinces have expanded the scope of family assistance in the individual account of employee medical insurance from "spouse, parents, children" to "close relatives" according to the latest document requirements of the State Office. (New Society)