Do you have a medical insurance? If none, do you plan on getting one?<\/p>\n
Many OFWs are wary of getting an insurance because either they don’t see the need to get one or they just don’t understand how it works. Sadly, there is a thing called “unfortunate incident” that could send you back home – and make it harder for you to go back to work again.<\/p>\n
You can always turn to your savings, but what if you don’t have one or what you saved is not enough? In that case, you can turn to OWWA for help.<\/p>\n
Get to Know MEDplus a Little Bit More<\/strong><\/p>\n Sometime September 2015, the OWWA Board of Trustees approved a program allowing Overseas Filipino Workers to receive additional medical assistance from OWWA. On June 2, 2016, OWWA and Philhealth signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) implementing the Supplemental Medicinal Assistance Program for OFWs or MEDplus.<\/p>\n What is MEDplus?<\/em><\/p>\n This program aims to provide one-time<\/strong><\/span> medical or financial assistance for OFWs, thereby supplementing the benefits provided for by Philhealth. It is available to active OWWA and Philhealth members<\/strong><\/span> who are diagnosed with or subsequently hospitalized as a result of a dreaded disease, whether in the Philippines or in the country where you are working.<\/p>\n This program will be implemented throughout the 18 regional offices all over the Philippines. It can be availed of by OFWs themselves or qualified dependent\/s in the Philippines in case of death or OFW is still abroad.<\/p>\n What can you get from MEDplus?<\/em><\/p>\n How can you apply for MEDplus?<\/em><\/p>\n You must submit the following requirements at the nearest OWWA Regional Office:<\/p>\n\n