SSS explains special case pensioners

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Social Security System (SSS) has explained the payment scheme on special case pensioners who will receive their updated pension on different dates.

“Pensioners under the special cases will receive their P1,000 benefit increase on  Mar 31, May 12 and 26, respectively”, said SSS Central Luzon Senior Communication Analyst Maureen Inocencio during her guesting at 91.1 Sikat FM here. She was with SSS Central Luzon Information Officer Maria Carolina Sitcon during the radio interview.

“Among the pensioners who will receive the P1,000 additional benefit on March 31 under the special cases are those with death claims with more than one payee and one of them is overpaid; payees with withheld share; pension with payees under different guardians; and those covered by a Bilateral Social Security Agreement between the Philippines and other countries and the Portability Law”, she explained.

“Likewise, pensioners on suspended status due to non-compliance with the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners but are up for resumption from January to March are scheduled to receive the additional benefit on Mar 31, provided they have already reported to SSS for the resumption of their monthly pension”, she added.

Sitcon said, “Retiree-pensioners who availed of the advance 18 months retirement pension from August 2015 onwards will receive the P1,000 additional benefit on May 12 to cover the remaining months starting January 2017”.

“Pensioners with settled initial disability, death and retirement (DDR) claims from November 2016 to April 2017 as well as those who filed for adjustment in their pension will be able to withdraw their P1,000 additional benefit from their bank accounts on May 12”, she also explained.

“Other types of pensioners scheduled to receive the additional benefit on May 12 are partial disability pensioners with less than 12 months duration paid in lump sum. The additional P1,000 per month benefit will cover the number of months they receive the disability pension starting January 2017”, she also said.

 “For pensioners who availed of the three-month advance pension due to typhoon Lawin and Nina last year, they will be paid their pension differential on May 26”, Inocencio further explained.

“Only about 13,000 pensioners with unpaid loans will not be able to receive the P1,000 additional benefits to offset any outstanding obligation”, she said.  

Starting April, all regular pensioners, will receive the updated amount of their pension, which means that their regular monthly pension will automatically increase by P1,000.