00:00 The PhilHealth is studying to double the benefit package for those who are on dialysis.
00:06 Some PhilHealth officials have already helped some lawmakers on this.
00:10 For May 1, Tina Panganiban Perez.
00:13 Mylene Abebeason is emotional when her husband's illness was mentioned.
00:21 Her husband's chronic kidney disease is already on stage 4 when he was diagnosed.
00:26 She is on dialysis twice a week.
00:30 We pay P3,000 for twice a week.
00:36 It's really a lot of money.
00:39 Ferdinand Killang's daughter has been on dialysis for 6 years.
00:44 Even though PhilHealth pays a large portion of the expenses,
00:47 they still pay P380 each session.
00:52 To help those on dialysis, PhilHealth is studying to double the 2,600 pesos per session dialysis package.
01:03 PhilHealth and some official of the Chamber of Commerce helped.
01:07 PhilHealth is studying to increase the package to P5,200.
01:13 Our goal is to eliminate dialysis patients out of pocket.
01:19 Based on our meeting, it's doable.
01:23 Based on the funding and the funds, every year, the Congress gives funds to PhilHealth.
01:31 So maybe that's where we'll get it.
01:33 Since the PhilHealth Board approved the increase in the dialysis package,
01:37 registrants at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute can avail.
01:43 On May 15, free mammograms and breast ultrasounds under the consultation package of PhilHealth
01:51 started at public and private hospitals.
01:54 This is the first news.
01:56 Tina Panganiban Perez for GMA Integrated News.
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