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00:00PhilHealth is recommending to President Bong Marcos to lower the monthly contribution of their members.

00:06PhilHealth said this after some senators said that they will recover almost Php 60 billion from the government's unused subsidy.

00:17PhilHealth legalized the recovery of the funds and did not take it from the monthly contribution of the members.

00:23First news, Ma'am Gonzalez.

00:25PhilHealth's monthly premium is now 5%.

00:31For example, if a direct contributor earns Php 10,000 a month, his monthly contribution is Php 500.

00:39PhilHealth said that they will recommend to President Bong Marcos to lower the contribution of their members.

00:46This was said by PhilHealth after the Senate Committee on Health heard that they have Php 500 billion in funds.

00:53We will convene our team and we will recommend for a reduction in the premium rates, contribution rates to President Marcos.

01:00Before this, the senators promised to recover almost Php 90 billion from the government's unused subsidy.

01:09Hopefully, it will be used by the patients.

01:12Why do we need to recover the Php 90 billion?

01:14Why are the benefit packages of PhilHealth still not enough and there are still out-of-pocket patients?

01:20Before you recover the money, think about what can be used for that money.

01:26PhilHealth explained that it is legal to recover funds from the national government.

01:30It was also not taken from the contribution of the members.

01:33It doesn't mean that because the Php 90 billion is gone, PhilHealth will lose money.

01:37Why don't you use your funds for the poor, for the patients who are in need,

01:42so that your money will not be wasted by the Department of Finance?

01:49We are very, very aggressively enhancing all of our benefit packages.

01:54In fact, we did an initial 30% across the board last February 14,

01:59and we are already in the process of doing another round of 30%.

02:07Finance Secretary Ralph Recto was also present at the hearing.

02:10The GCG and OGCC agreed that it is legal and does not include a prohibited fund under the Universal Health Care Act.

02:18It is also not true that the money will be put in the Maharlika Investment Fund,

02:22but in the Unprogrammed Appropriations or projects of the government that do not have a specific source of funding.

02:28To fund the Unprogrammed Appropriations,

02:31Congress determined that there is another way aside from new taxes as well as debts.

02:39And this is by collecting from those who sleep and do not use the money of the GOCC,

02:48that we are still paying interest.

02:51But some doctors are still talking about not reducing the funds for health care.

02:56We are the ones who are being approached, we are the ones who are by their side in the litigation.

03:05Excuse me.

03:06Excuse me.

03:21While the intent of the government to help the economy through the transfer of the funds to the national budget may be meritorious,

03:30the means for its achievement is definitely in violation of the law,

03:34especially if the health sector is being robbed of their rights due to it.

03:39This is the first news.

03:41Mab Gonzalez for GMA Integrated News.

04:04Transcription by ESO. Translation by —

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