00:00The Department of Budget and Management, or DBM, has already approved the Php 7,000 medical allowance for government officials.
00:09Details in the national news of Noel Talacay of PTV.
00:15Mr. Bernabe is now a senior citizen, a government employee.
00:19At his age, he is already experiencing a lot in his body that is affecting his health.
00:26The symptoms I see, sometimes it's hot, I don't feel anything, I just relax my body.
00:41But he doesn't go to the doctor anymore because of the lack of budget.
00:46What's more important to him is his daily expenses and monthly payments.
00:52I am reluctant to reduce my money because I don't have other thoughts but my daily expenses.
01:01These needs in the health of government employees, like Mr. Bernabe, seems to have an answer.
01:09Because the Department of Budget and Management, or DBM, has already approved the medical allowance for government employees,
01:17which will be implemented in 2025.
01:19A government employee will receive Php 7,000 per year in the medical allowance.
01:25But there are some qualifications in the status of employment, including the medical assistance,
01:32not counting the contract of service and job orders.
01:36According to DBM, the medical allowance can be added to the health maintenance organization, or HMO,
01:44of government employees who have it.
01:46But DBM also said that it can also be cash for those who have their own HMO
01:52and those who pay their own medical expenses, which will only be paid by the hospital,
01:58including emergency care, tests, and medicines.
02:02For those who do not have an HMO, they should first leave their place,
02:07no HMO branch or company, and refuse their HMO applications.
02:14Meanwhile, DBM Secretary Amena Pangandaman thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
02:21for adding to the medical allowance, which is not only a benefit,
02:26but also an assurance that a healthy worker will be able to perform his duties as a government employee.
