00:00PhilHealth adds more benefits and expands their health coverage for their members.
00:04Isaiah Mirafuentes has this story.
00:08PhilHealth members are set to receive more benefits
00:11as the agency increased benefits for 9,000 case rates from 30% to 50%.
00:18As we begin 2025,
00:21I'm filled with pride and gratitude
00:24for the milestones we achieved in advancing the health and well-being
00:27of the Filipino people.
00:31Last year,
00:33we made a promise
00:35to expand our coverage
00:37and prioritize the top 10 most burdensome diseases
00:40addressing the financial challenges
00:43these conditions bring
00:45to our members and their families.
00:48I'm proud to share that we delivered
00:50on this commitment.
00:51Among those receiving attention
00:53is the ischemic heart disease.
00:55According to PhilHealth,
00:56it is clear that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the country.
01:00Included in the list is pneumonia
01:02which increased from Php 15,000 to Php 29,250.
01:07For cholecystectomy,
01:09from the previous Php 40,300,
01:11package rate went up to Php 60,450.
01:16For women who give birth via cesarean section,
01:18PhilHealth now covered Php 37,050 from the previous Php 19,000.
01:25Also included in the additional PhilHealth benefits
01:27is chronic kidney disease,
01:29the fifth leading cause of death.
01:31Also added are benefits for outpatient emergency care
01:34or for those discharged from the hospital within 24 hours.
01:38Even preventive oral health services and primary care
01:41now have updated benefits.
01:43Other case rates can be found on the PhilHealth website.
01:46Of course, President BBM also mentioned
01:51in some of his statements
01:52that PhilHealth will be able to continue to provide benefits
01:58and even to expand and increase our benefits.
02:03That is why we continued to release
02:05and implement our improvements in our benefits.
02:10Some of the added benefits from PhilHealth were suggested
02:13by AgriParty's representative Wilbert Lee
02:15during the budget deliberations in Congress.
02:18Normally, our problem is that there is no fund.
02:21In this situation, there is a fund.
02:24What are we waiting for? Why can't we do this?
02:27What I cannot accept here is why is it so slow?
02:32Why is there a delay?
02:34PhilHealth is also actively working
02:36and is speeding up the payment process
02:38for its Php 4 billion backlog or debt.
02:40Isaiah Mirafuentes from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.
