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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 182 -
TRANSFERRING THE MEDICARE FUNDS AND THE MEDICARE FUNCTIONS OF THE
OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION TO THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH
INSURANCE CORPORATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 195
DATED AUGUST 13, 1994
WHEREAS,
Article XIII, Section 11 of the Constitution provides that the State
shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health
development which shall endeavor to make essential goods, health and
other social services available to all the people at affordable
cost;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order No. 195 dated August 13, 1994,
Filipinos recruited for employment abroad are compulsorily covered by a
Medical Care Program (“Medicare”), the funds of which are administered
by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA);
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement entered into by and
among the OWWA, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, the
Department of Foreign Affairs, the Social Security System and the
defunct Philippine Medical Care Commission, the OWWA performs Medicare
functions such as the collection of contributions and the disbursement
of funds for benefit payments;
WHEREAS, by virtue of the National Health Insurance Act of 1995
(Republic Act [R.A.] No. 7875), the National Health Insurance Program
was established to provide health insurance coverage and ensure
affordable, acceptable, available and accessible health care services
for all citizens of the Philippines, and the Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation (PHIC) was created to, among others, administer
the National Health Insurance Program;
WHEREAS, Sec. 6, Article III of R.A. No. 7875 and Sec. 6, Rule I,
Title III of its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations provide
that all citizens of the Philippines, including Overseas Filipino
Workers and their dependents, shall be covered by the National Health
Insurance Program;
WHEREAS, there is a need to transfer the Medicare funds and the
Medicare functions of the OWWA to the PHIC.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
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City of Manila, February 14,
2003
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