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00:00PhilHealth is recommending to President Bongbong Marcos to lower the member contribution.

00:06PhilHealth said that the amount of the fund is enough

00:10despite the question of the Senators in its plan to repeat the almost 90 billion Pesos subsidy of the government.

00:18We have a report from Bob Gonzales.

00:23PhilHealth's monthly premium is 5%.

00:26For example, if a direct contributor earns 10,000 Pesos per month,

00:30his monthly contribution is 500 Pesos.

00:33PhilHealth said that they will recommend to President Marcos to lower the contribution of the members.

00:39PhilHealth said during the Senate Committee on Health hearing that they still have 500 billion Pesos fund.

00:44Before this, the Senators asked PhilHealth to pay almost 90 billion Pesos

00:49that was not used as a subsidy from the government.

00:52Why should we return the 90 billion?

00:54Why are the benefit packages of PhilHealth still not enough and there are still out-of-pocket patients?

01:00Before you raise money, think about what can be used for that money.

01:06PhilHealth explained that it is legal to raise funds from the national government.

01:10It was also not taken from the contribution of the members.

01:12It doesn't mean that because the 90 billion is gone, PhilHealth will lose money.

01:18Why don't you use your funds for the poor, for the out-of-pocket patients

01:23so that the Department of Finance will not take your money?

01:29We are very, very aggressively enhancing all of our benefit packages.

01:34In fact, we did an initial 30% across the board last February 14

01:39and we are already in the process of doing another round of 30%.

01:46According to Finance Secretary Ralph Recto,

01:49the Governance Commission for GOCCs and the Office of the Government Corporate Council or OGCC

01:55agreed that it is legal and does not include the prohibition of moving funds under the Universal Health Care Act.

02:00PhilHealth members will also receive benefits.

02:05To fund the unprogrammed appropriations,

02:08Congress determined that there is another way aside from new taxes as well as debts.

02:16And this is through the collection of the sleeping and unused money of the GOCCs

02:26that we are still paying interest.

02:29But some doctors are still talking about not reducing the funds for health care.

02:34We are the ones who are being approached, we are the ones who are next to them in their treatment.

02:43Excuse me.

02:45PhilHealth's assistance is not enough.

02:49Let's not call it savings because this is our debt to them.

02:56This should not be taken lightly.

02:58Mav Gonzalez reporting for GMA Integrated News.

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