00:00Finance Secretary Ralph Recto suggested that PhilHealth's benefit packages should be added for the first 10 patients
00:08so that a legitimate PhilHealth member can use the funds properly.
00:13However, PhilHealth has a huge subsidy in the 2025 national budget signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:22Budget Secretary Amena Pangandaman explained that the President can remove line items or funds
00:30but he cannot add them.
00:33Recto said that it is possible to add benefits to PhilHealth
00:37because it has a reserve of funds worth Php 280 billion.