EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 949 - INCREASING MEDICARE ALLOWANCES

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

2.1 For Ordinary Cases   P175 Maximum
2.2 For Cases Requiring Intensive Care P350 Maximum

3.1 Minor Surgery    P65 Maximum
3.2 Medium Surgery    P325 Maximum
3.3 Major Surgery   P650 Maximum

4.1 Minor Surgery   P20
4.2 Medium Surgery    P50
4.3 Major Surgery   P100

6.1 For Ordinary Cases     P15/day Maximum
P200/SPC
6.2 For Cases Requiring
  Intensive Care  Maximum P300/SPC

7.1 Vasectomy  P100
7.2 Tubal Ligation  P150

Sec. 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. 

Sec. 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and all laws, executive orders or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.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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