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(b) At the termination of the aforementioned
transitional period, none of the above-mentioned persons shall be eligible to receive health or medical benefits from facilities operated by the United States in the Republic of-Panama.
(c) Such persons shall have the right, during the aforementioned transitional period, to elect either to continue their coverage under the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Plan or to terminate their coverage under that program and enroll in the Health and Maternity Benefits Program under the Social Security System of the Republic of Panama, effective upon the termination of the transitional period.
(d) The Commission shall collect and transfer in a timely manner to the Social Security System of the
Republic of Panama the employer's and employees' contributions to the Health and Maternity Benefits Program of that institution for such persons who enroll in that program. The employer's contribution shall be equal to that which
the employer would have paid had the employee continued under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan.
3. (a) Following the entry into force of this Agreement, employees of the Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone
Government, regardless of their nationality, who become employees of the Republic of Panama as the result either of
a transfer of a function or activity to the Republic of Panama from the Panama Canal Company or Canal Zone Government or through job placement efforts of the Commission or the Republic of Panama, shall be covered by the Social

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