PhilHealth board, pinag-uusapan kung paano mababawasan ang premium contribution
PhilHealth board, pinag-uusapan kung paano mababawasan ang premium contribution
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00:00PhilHealth is now studying how to reduce the number of falls per month.
00:03Health Secretary Ted Herbosa said that there should be a law to do this.
00:08Noel Talacay reported for Rise and Shine, Noel.
00:13PhilHealth was a big help to Patricia, especially when her mother was sick and in the hospital.
00:20My parents tried to operate on her because she had glaucoma.
00:26So even if PhilHealth is deducting the premium contribution, it's fine as long as it doesn't increase or increase in the future.
00:39I think it's okay for now. If they increase it, I don't think it's okay because it's already high in other contributions.
00:46Patricia is just one of the thousands of workers who is deducting their salary for their premium contribution.
00:55At present, more than 66,600 are the direct members or those who are paying for PhilHealth's contribution.
01:03According to the latest health insurance of the country,
01:08they will benefit if their monthly premium contribution is reduced.
01:15PhilHealth announced that they will appeal to President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
01:22to reduce the monthly premium contribution of their direct members.
01:27But it seems that Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa has lost his mind.
01:33We don't know also of the mechanism to decrease it.
01:36I don't know if there is a law or if there is a ruling or whatever.
01:41We don't know what the hell the President Medesma is talking about.
01:45He will recommend to the board. I don't know if that's legal.
01:48In an interview with PTB News with Dr. Israel Francis A. Pargas,
01:54Senior Vice President for Health Finance Policy Sector and spokesperson of PhilHealth,
02:01PhilHealth Board discussed how they will reduce the premium contribution.
02:07One of their concerns is to reduce the percentage and salary ceiling.
02:13So we are looking at how much reduction we will propose with regards to the percentage.
02:22Or we are also looking at how we will replace or reduce the ceiling of our salary
02:33where our premium contribution is computed.
02:38But when he was asked if this is possible, this is his answer.
02:43The most necessary thing to ensure that something will be implemented is to amend the law.
02:50There is an executive order or there is an order coming from the executive
02:56to suspend the increase of the law.
02:59For Secretary Herbosa,
03:02I have never heard PhilHealth decrease its premium payment.
03:08According to PhilHealth,
03:10more of their members are paying monthly compared to those who are not paying.
03:16So if the reduction of premium monthly contribution continues,
03:22the country's health insurance will ensure that their services and benefits will not be affected.
03:28Noel Talacay for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.