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

00:07That is in the middle of the agency's payment due to the return of almost 90 billion pesos

00:14from the government's unused subsidy.

00:17Ma'am Gonzales has the news.

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

00:25So for example, if a direct contributor earns 10,000 pesos a month,

00:31his monthly contribution is 500 pesos.

00:34PhilHealth is now saying that they will recommend to President Bongbong Marcos

00:38to lower the contribution of their members.

00:40This is what PhilHealth said after listening to the Senate Committee on Health

00:44that they still have 500 billion pesos in their fund.

00:47I will convene our team and we will recommend for a reduction in the premium rates,

00:53contribution rates to President Marcos.

00:55Before this, the Senators promised to lower PhilHealth's payment of almost 90 billion pesos

01:01from the government's unused subsidy.

01:04They hoped that it will be used only for patients.

01:06Why do we need to return the 90 billion?

01:09Why are PhilHealth's benefit packages still not enough and there are still out-of-pocket patients?

01:14Before you raise funds, think about what can be used for that money.

01:20PhilHealth explained that it is legal to raise funds to the national government.

01:25It was also not taken from the contribution of the members.

01:28It doesn't mean that because the 90 billion is gone, PhilHealth will lose money.

01:32Why don't you use your fund for the poor, for the patients who are in need,

01:37so that your money will not be taken away by the Department of Finance?

01:44We are very, very aggressively enhancing all of our benefit packages.

01:49In fact, we did an initial 30% across the board last February 14.

01:54And we are already in the process of doing another round of 30%, right?

02:00So it's really continuous.

02:02Finance Secretary Ralph Recto also faced criticism.

02:05He said that the GCG and OGCC agreed that it is legal and does not include a fund that is not allowed to be raised

02:11in accordance with the Universal Health Care Act.

02:13He also said that the money will not be invested in the Maharlika Investment Fund,

02:17but in unprogrammed appropriations or government projects that do not have a specific source of funding.

02:23To fund the unprogrammed appropriations, Congress determined that there is another way,

02:30aside from new taxes, as well as debts.

02:34And this is through collecting from those who sleep and do not use money from the GOCCs,

02:44that we are still paying interest.

02:46But some doctors are still talking about not reducing the fund for health care.

02:51We are the ones who are being approached, we are the ones who are by their side in the fight.

03:02PhilHealth's help is not enough.

03:06Let's not call it savings because this is our debt to them.

03:13This should not be taken lightly.

03:15While the intent of the government to help the economy through the transfer of the funds to the national budget may be meritorious,

03:24the means for its achievement is definitely in violation of the law,

03:29especially if the health sector is being robbed of their rights due to it.

03:34Mav Gonzalez reporting for GMA Integrated News.

03:45For more information, stay tuned to GMA Pinoy TV and www.gmanews.tv.

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