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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 949 -
INCREASING MEDICARE ALLOWANCES
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| WHEREAS, it is the avowed policy of the
government to provide adequate medical care services to the people; WHEREAS, the prices of commodities and services, including medical care have gone up in recent times; WHEREAS, under present economic conditions, medical care members and their employers could not afford to pay additional contributions. WHEREAS, actuarial studies show that allowances under the medicare program may be increased for qualified members but not for their dependents: WHEREAS, it becomes necessary now to implement increase in allowances for the qualified members without prejudice to late increase for their dependents. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do hereby order: SECTION 1. The qualified members of the medicare program shall without any additional contribution, be entitled to the following allowances:
TYPE OF BENEFIT
Allowances for Members
1. Room and Board
1.1 Primary Care
Hospitals P16/day
1.2 Secondary Care Hospitals P22/day 1.3 Tertiary Care Hospitals P30/day 2. Drugs/Laboratory Examination
2.1 For Ordinary Cases
P175 Maximum
2.2 For Cases Requiring Intensive Care P350 Maximum 3. Surgeon’s Fees
3.1 Minor
Surgery
P65 Maximum
3.2 Medium Surgery P325 Maximum 3.3 Major Surgery P650 Maximum 4. Operating Room Fee
4.1 Minor Surgery
P20
4.2 Medium Surgery P50 4.3 Major Surgery P100 5. Anesthesiologist’s Fee 30% of surgeon’s fee 6. Medical/Dental Practitioner’s Fee
6.1 For Ordinary Cases
P15/day Maximum
P200/SPC 6.2 For Cases Requiring Intensive Care Maximum P300/SPC 7. Allowance for Sterilization
7.1
Vasectomy
P100
7.2 Tubal Ligation P150 SECTION 2. The legal dependents of Medicare members shall continue to be entitled to the allowance presently prescribed in Section 12 of Presidential Decree No. 1519. SECTION 3. Presidential Decree No. 1519 and all laws, executive orders or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of May, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty four. |
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