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00:005% is the monthly premium of PhilHealth.

00:03For example, if a direct contributor earns P10,000 per month,

00:08his monthly contribution is P500.

00:11PhilHealth says that they will recommend to President Bombo Marcos

00:16to lower the contribution of its members.

00:18This is what PhilHealth has to say

00:20after listening to the Senate Committee on Health

00:22that they have a P500 billion fund.

00:25As early as this afternoon, I will convene our team

00:27and we will recommend for a reduction in the premium rates,

00:31contribution rates to President Marcos.

00:33Before this, the Senators promised that PhilHealth would raise P90 billion

00:39to an unused subsidy from the government.

00:42They hoped that it would be used only by patients.

00:45Why do we need to return the P90 billion?

00:47Before you raise the money,

00:49think about what else you can use that money for.

00:53PhilHealth explains that

00:55it is legal to raise the fund to the national government.

00:58It was also not taken from the contribution of the members.

01:01It doesn't mean that because the P90 billion is gone,

01:03PhilHealth will lose its money.

01:05Why don't you use your fund for the poor,

01:08for the patients who are in need,

01:10so that your money will not be taken away by the Department of Finance?

01:17We are very, very aggressively enhancing all of our benefit packages.

01:22In fact, we did an initial 30% across the board last February 14,

01:26and we are already in the process of doing another round of 30%.

01:32So, it's really continuous.

01:34Finance Secretary Ralph Recto also faced criticism.

01:37GCG and OGCC agreed that it is legal

01:41and does not include a prohibited fund

01:44that is in accordance with the Universal Health Care Act.

01:46It is also not true that the money will be invested in the Maharlika Investment Fund,

01:50but in unprogrammed appropriations

01:52or government projects that do not have a specific source of funding.

01:56To fund the unprogrammed appropriations,

01:59Congress determined that there is another way

02:03aside from new taxes as well as debts.

02:07And this is through collecting

02:11the sleeping and unused money of the GOCCs

02:16that we are still paying interest.

02:19But some doctors are still talking about not reducing the funds for health care.

02:24We are the ones who are being approached,

02:26we are the ones who are by their side in solving the problem.

02:33Excuse me.

02:34PhilHealth's help is not enough.

02:39Let's not call it savings

02:42because this is our debt to them.

02:46This should not be taken away.

02:48While the intent of the government to help the economy

02:53through the transfer of the funds to the national budget may be meritorious,

02:58the means for its achievement is definitely in violation of the law,

03:02especially if the health sector is being robbed of their rights due to it.

03:07For GMA Integrated News, I am Mav Gonzalez, your witness.

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