Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

November 2, 2021 Dear Ms. Joan Amhertia Salazar, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Nov 01, 2021 01:47:26 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch assistance to defray medical expenses. Ms. Salazar the initial requirement is your active membership to PhilHealth at the time of hospitalization. The OWWA program MedPlus is in partnership with PhilHealth which provides monetary assistance up to a maximum of PhP 50,000.00. It is OWWA's counterpart medical assistance to its members whose status is active. OWWA has also the Welfare Assistance Program-Medical which is a financial assistance not to exceed PhP 20,000.00 to defray cost of medical and laboratory tests upon submission of official receipts to the OWWA Regional Office for assessment and, if qualified to the program, your will be reimbursed the amount following a schedule of payment. Visit the OWWA website for more information. If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Administrator Hans Leo J. Cacdac at email: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within FIFTEEN (15) calendar days from the date you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within THIRTY (30) calendar days from the date we received your review request. However, if you are still not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, ATTY. EDELYN D. CLAUSTRO Director IV- Administrative and Financial Management Office OWWA FOI Decision Maker