WHEREAS, it is the avowed policy of the government to provide adequate medical care services to the people;

WHEREAS, under the present policy of the Social Security System (SSS), only active members and their dependents enjoy Medical Care benefits;

WHEREAS, SSS old-age pensioners and their dependents must likewise be assisted in their medical care expenses consistent with the policy for their counterpart old-age pensioners in the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS);

WHEREAS, actuarial studies show that the Health Insurance Fund administered by the SSS for the Medicare beneficiaries in the private sector can finance the benefits of SSS old-age pensioners and their dependents without impairing the said Fund's viability;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. Effective May 1, 1990, Social Security System old-age pensioners and their dependents shall be entitled to Medical Care Benefits presently prescribed in Executive Order No. 365, without need of any additional contribution.

Sec. 2. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety.


By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary