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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 949 May 1, 1984

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:

Sec. 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		P 65 Maximum
	3.2 Medium Surgery		P325 Maximum
	3.3 Major Surgery		P650 Maximum
4. Operating Room Fee
	4.1 Minor Surgery		P 20
	4.2 Medium Surgery		P 50
	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 Tubaligation		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and all laws, executive orders or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.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. lawphi1.net

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of May, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty four.

The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation

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