Increasing Medicare Allowances

May 1, 1984

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; cd i

WHEREAS, the prices of commodities and services, including medicare 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 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: cd

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 P200/SPC	P15/day Maximum
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. cd

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and all laws, executive orders or parts thereof which are inconsistent with the provisions of this order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.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

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 80 No. 26 page 3539 on June 25, 1984.