麻风患者及治愈者为弱势群体,他们要治疗麻风的并发症及其它疾病,加之社会上还不同程度存在着对麻风患者的社会歧视,且麻风患者家庭多数为低收入家庭,因此,相应的医疗保障如城镇职工、居民医疗保险与新型农村合作医疗保险等就显得十分必要,特别是对社会上一些重度残疾和离群化 Leprosy patients and those who are cured are the vulnerable groups. They want to treat the complications and other diseases of leprosy. In addition, there are social discrimination against leprosy patients to varying degrees in society, and the families of leprosy patients are mostly low-income families. Therefore, the corresponding medical treatment Protection such as urban workers, residents’ medical insurance and new rural cooperative medical insurance, etc. are very necessary, especially for some serious disabilities and social segregation