Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 402)
SSS old-age pensioners and their dependents are entitled to medical care benefits under this Executive Order.
The Executive Order took effect on May 1, 1990.
No, SSS old-age pensioners and their dependents are entitled to medical care benefits without the need for any additional contribution.
They are entitled to the medical care benefits presently prescribed in Executive Order No. 365, which governs the medical care benefits for SSS members.
The rationale includes the government's policy to provide adequate medical care services to the people, the need to extend benefits consistent with those for GSIS old-age pensioners, and actuarial studies showing that the Health Insurance Fund can finance such benefits without impairing its viability.
The Executive Order was signed by President Corazon C. Aquino.
The Social Security System (SSS) administers the Health Insurance Fund that finances the medical care benefits for Medicare beneficiaries in the private sector.
No, it specifically extends medical care benefits to SSS old-age pensioners and their dependents, who previously were not included under the existing benefits for active members and their dependents.
The order compares the benefits of SSS old-age pensioners with their counterparts in the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), who already enjoy medical care benefits, thereby justifying the extension of benefits to SSS old-age pensioners for consistency.