00:00PhilHealth's service will continue.
00:03That's what President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ordered
00:06to Health Secretary Ted Herbosa
00:08after the President called for help
00:11to review the Department of Health's fund.
00:13In the Philippine Radio,
00:15Secretary Herbosa said
00:17that PhilHealth's members should not worry
00:20even if the Congress did not give the fund.
00:23The Secret Service explained that PhilHealth will not lose
00:26because it has a sovereign guarantee.
00:28Aside from this, there is also a subsidy
00:30from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and PAG-COR,
00:33a two-year reserve fund to pay for doctors and hospitals.
00:37If Secretary Herbosa agrees,
00:39they will increase the benefit of PhilHealth
00:42along with the expansion of its service.
00:45That's the first message from the President to me.
00:49Continue the service of PhilHealth.
00:51It will not be lost because it has a sovereign guarantee.
00:55That's what he said.
00:56The government will not let that happen.
00:58If that happens, additional funds will be needed.
