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00:00The Congress wants to investigate the failure of PhilHealth to provide sufficient healthcare to Filipinos
00:07and if the agency's use of this fund is correct.
00:11This is the report of Mackie Polido.
00:15Under the Universal Healthcare Law, all Filipinos should be covered by Social Health Insurance.
00:21PhilHealth's role is to ensure that all its members have equal access to health services
00:27including medicines, laboratory tests, and others.
00:30There are a lot of things that need to be recorded.
00:33Just buy your own medicine.
00:35We, the seniors, can't afford it. We should be free.
00:39Not everyone is using it.
00:42Not everyone in the hospital has the privilege that we get.
00:46This is Senator J.V. Ejercito, the principal sponsor, and there is a provision in this law
00:50that it is up to PhilHealth to fulfill its duty.
00:54That's why he will call for an oversight committee hearing to find out the shortcomings of the implementation.
01:00A lot of people are still asking the politicians,
01:04because PhilHealth's answer is too small, which is not the UAC intended.
01:10We should lower the out-of-pocket expense.
01:13In the Senate's version of the national budget for 2025,
01:17the 74 billion government subsidy was removed from PhilHealth
01:20because PhilHealth has a 600 billion reserve fund that has not yet been benefited by the people.
01:25But PhilHealth explained that it is in the law that they need to have a reserve fund.
01:30If we have a reserve fund, we can use it because we are continuously increasing and expanding our benefits.
01:41PhilHealth is still positive that the president will review the zero subsidy.
01:45But he did not give it.
01:48Whatever our funds are now, like the surplus and investment funds,
01:56we will get our funds for 2025.
02:02In the camera, I was asked to investigate by Bicol Party List Representative Raul Bongalon
02:07where the reserve fund is going and if it is being profited by PhilHealth officials.
02:14PhilHealth has a 4% interest rate of Php 500 billion and Php 20 billion.
02:20We are still trying to get PhilHealth's statement on the possible investigation by the Senate and the camera.
02:26Mackie Pulido reporting for GMA Integrated News.