00:00A health care plan for universal and unlimited coverage is being pushed by its Solon authors in the house.
00:07Under the scheme, basic health care services, maintenance, medication and specialized treatments are covered with poor, indigent and the marginalized particularly in mind.
00:17Bien Manalo has more.
00:22Melvin Ganez has been selling coin for over 20 years just to support his family.
00:27So for him, to fall ill or sick is a no-no.
00:30That's why Melvin has been religious in taking maintenance medicine for more than 3 years because of his hypertension.
00:37So he couldn't help himself from feeling very happy when he heard the news on a push for a health card that covers people like him suffering from serious illnesses.
00:58Good news because HealPH Partylist promotes having a health card with unlimited medical coverage for all Filipinos.
01:11It is expected to make a dent in helping our countrymen especially those in the marginalized sectors
01:17and will afford access to important health care services from basic care to specialized treatments.
01:23This will not only save many lives but also help to deter acts of fraud in health care facilities.
01:29What it means is you are guaranteed access to free quality services.
01:38The health card includes the PhilHealth. So it's a broader response to our health needs.
01:47The group also pushes for free and modern government hospitals for the poor which anchored in their goal program or gamota, operasione, aviso and lab tests.
01:57Priority will also be given to support the Department of Health and local governments in recruiting, providing training,
02:04and deploying young and idealistic doctors and health workers in underserved areas in the Philippines.
02:10And that's where I hope we will be able to go. And where we will go is complete, not just in equipment.
02:19We will have doctors, nurses and others.
02:23The group will also focus on strict enforcement of the policy which provides strict penalties for inappropriate spending of public health funds.
02:31BN Manalo, from the National TV Network, for a new and better Philippines.
