Overseas Workers Welfare Administration(OWWA)

January 19, 2023 Dear Ms. Norma Morillo, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 17, 2023 06:34:31 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch for medical assistance from OWWA. The OWWA database has no records of membership of Norma DP Morillo. Be correctly informed that to avail of benefits from OWWA the OFW must be an OWWA Member. With respect to medication assistance, the OFW must have an active membership with OWWA and PhilHealth at the time of his/her confinement. OWWA does not have a medical program for the dependents of OFWs. It is PhilHealth that gives medical coverage for dependents of an OFW. It is advised that you visit the PhilHealth website and find out if the OFW has updated PhilHealth membership and that the dependent needing medical attention is included in the OFW's declared list of dependents. Otherwise, the senior citizen can avail directly of the discount of 20% for hospitalization as per R.A. 9994 on the expanded Senior Citizen Act. 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 the OWWA- FOI Decision Makers 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