00:00So if I hear in the Supreme Court, the answer to the Supreme Court Justice
00:04that the goal is only 18% will be covered by PhilHealth,
00:07do you think it's a joke?
00:09Do you think it's a joke?
00:10Because what I want to hear is,
00:12we're at 50%, let's go to 75%,
00:16let's go to 95%,
00:17just say 99%,
00:19there's no problem with me that the person has a small contribution, right?
00:23If you're richer, you have a bigger contribution.
00:26It's hard, 100% should be covered by PhilHealth.
00:2918%.
00:31So I will give an example.
00:33I don't need to give an example, Justice Lopez
00:37gave an example of himself.
00:39He said that his illness reached 7 million.
00:43He said, how much is the coverage of PhilHealth?
00:47You, think about it, how much?
00:48So someone gave an estimate, maybe it's 10%.
00:51He said, no, it didn't reach 10%.
00:53PhilHealth's contribution is only 2%.
00:572%.
00:59So even if you go to a public hospital,
01:01there are really patients who are seriously ill.
01:04You will really reach, let's say, a million.
01:06This is another example.
01:07This is from us.
01:09He went to our office, it's very common,
01:11whether you're a mayor, a governor, a councilor,
01:14we, senators, go there,
01:16asking for help from his mother because his baby is 3 months old,
01:19he also has pneumonia in the hospital.
01:21The bill is 1 million.
01:23Do you know how much PhilHealth helped?
01:2725,000.
01:30So even assuming that the baby didn't reach 1 million,
01:34he reached 100,000.
01:36Where will you get 75,000?
01:39Even if you reach 75,000, where will you get 50,000?
01:43My God, PhilHealth, you are not doing your job.
01:47This is a joke.
01:48And I have been the vice chairman of the committee on finance of the Senate.
01:53It's like killing me softly, right?
01:56It's like, let's say,
01:59that PhilHealth is going to help our countrymen.
02:02No, no one will help you.
02:03It's just like that.
02:05So that's my very short reaction to PhilHealth.
02:10It hurts me because the fund is there.
02:13I am a sponsor of a syntax loan.
02:17We have a few syntax loans.
02:19Over the past, how many years?
02:22Hundreds of billions have been collected in syntax
02:27to fund PhilHealth.
02:29Where is it?
02:30So that's my short reaction to the situation.
02:37So amid all this, what is our message to our countrymen?
02:43Well, countrymen, I am sad.
02:45And I am with you in finding justice.
02:49Justice is in all aspects of life.
02:53We deserve justice.
02:55We deserve to have a food, shelter, and good health.
03:00Good health includes being able to afford expenses
03:04that the government is also there to help,
03:07especially for the poor.
03:09So my message is that I will not let go of this.
03:13How many years have I fought for tobacco companies,
03:17private groups, to get more funds for those who are sick?
03:24And I will continue to do that to make sure
03:27that Filipinos will get the kind of health care
03:30that they deserve.
03:31It's not an easy process.
03:32I am not the decision-maker here,
03:35but I am one of those who will try to make it.
03:47I am one of those who will try to make it.
