00:00PhilHealth explained that it is possible to reach 100% service coverage for their beneficiaries.
00:07According to PhilHealth Senior Vice President Israel Francis Pargas of the Health Finance Policy Sector,
00:13it still depends on what our fellow countrymen can afford or how much they are ready to pay
00:19in order to use the so-called shared benefit.
00:22Pargas also stated that the so-called free health care is coming from the Philippines
00:27that will be noticed by other countries.
00:30For now, PhilHealth will continue to expand the benefits
00:34so that the reforms under the Universal Health Care or UHC Act can be used.
00:57For now, it is already 15.
00:59Because we have added mammography and ultrasound.
01:03The free health care before was 21, now it is 53.
01:09By next year, we shall be expanding consulta to include
01:15the benefits of our Sustainable Development Goals
01:20such as maternity, animal bites, HIV.
01:26We will also include this in our consulta
01:30so that we can reach the goal of the Universal Health Care
01:35which is the Comprehensive Outpatient Benefit Package.
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