Senior Citizens, hindi na required magpakita ng purchase booklets para makakuha ng discount sa mga gamot ayon sa DOH

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00:00Good news to our fellow countrymen,

00:03because you don't have to show your purchase booklets

00:08to get a 20% discount on your medicines.

00:12This is on the basis of the administrative order

00:14passed by Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa.

00:18As a senior citizen, he knows how hard it is

00:23to always bring a booklet.

00:25In order to avoid this, our grandmothers and grandfathers

00:29are now removing this requirement

00:31to ensure that you can still enjoy your discount.

00:36The DOH has taken this step

00:38with the support of some lawmakers

00:40like ALBAI Representative Joey Salsada,

00:43who is also the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee.

00:47As lawmakers, due to the booklet requirement,

00:50some senior citizens are not allowed to give discounts

00:53and vat-free treatment.

00:55That's why they first asked to listen to this on camera

00:58for senior citizens, PWDs, and solo parents.

01:03According to United Senior Citizens Partylist Representative

01:07Milagros Aquino Magsaysay,

01:09this is an early Christmas for more than 12 million Filipino seniors.

01:15What we did was simple,

01:17but the DOH has proven that this is a deep-rooted issue.

01:22This deep-rooted issue is in the law.

01:26The Department of Health has reviewed

01:28the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of our law.

01:32What is written here is for the discount of medicine.

01:36What the law really wants is that

01:39if you are a senior citizen,

01:41you will be given a 20% discount.

01:44And since we have reviewed everything,

01:47the DOH lawyers have read the law,

01:50The requirement should be simple.

01:52First, there should be proof that one of the patients is a senior.

01:56This is obtained from his identification card.

02:00There should be a senior card or even if it's not a senior card,

02:03it should be in the law,

02:04as long as it's an ID, even a passport,

02:06as long as it has a birthday,

02:07and his age should be recorded.

02:09Second, there should be a prescription.

02:12Since this is a medicine,

02:14even if you are not a senior,

02:15there should be a prescription,

02:16especially for antibiotics

02:18and other kinds of medicines

02:20that the doctor should monitor.

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