00:00It's in the Filipino's DNA to care for one's old, aging, and slow-moving family members.
00:05Hence, government has always been in step to improve health care benefits of its geriatric community.
00:10Case in point, the latest upgraded benefits package on acute heart ailment procedures
00:14and outpatient emergency care benefits bundle, which are Bian Manalo narrates in this report.
00:22We all are a member of PhilHealth.
00:26We also have the benefits and the best of the benefits.
00:29Lalo na para sa mga karamdaman na laganap dito sa ating bansa.
00:33This is what President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured in his fourth State of the Nation address.
00:40This is also based on his administration's mandate to focus on providing quality medical services to all Filipinos.
00:48Thus, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth has expanded their benefits package.
00:54In addition to strengthening primary care consulta, they also cover outpatient emergency care benefit package.
01:02The benefit package for acute myocardial infarction or heart disease has been increased as well.
01:08From the previous P30,000 for medicine, it has been increased to P130,000.
01:14For angioplasty, from the previous P30,000, it has been expanded to P530,000.
01:23There is also cardiac rehabilitation at P66,000.
01:28Various types of cancer such as liver, lung, prostate, cervical, ovarian, and colorectal cancer,
01:35some of the main causes of death of Filipinos have also been increased in the benefit package.
01:40Dito po sa ating yakap na ito, meron tayong mga serbisyo.
01:46Una, libreng konsultasyon at saka check-up.
01:49Pangalawa, meron po itong kasama na labing tatlong laboratorio na libreng makukuha rin.
01:56Kasama po dyan yung mga eksaminasyon sa dugo, x-ray, ECG, katipo yung mga eksaminasyon sa taba ng dugo, creatinine, sa ihe.
02:07At kung kinakailangan, meron pong libreng 21 drugs na ibinibigay para sa ating lahat ng niyembro.
02:16Meanwhile, the kidney transplant benefit has been increased to P2.1 million pesos from the previous P600,000 pesos.
02:24In addition to living donors, PhilHealth now also covers the so-called diseased organ donors,
02:30which reaches P800,000 to more than P1 million pesos.
02:35From 90 sessions for hemodialysis, it has been increased to 156 sessions per year.
02:41The benefit for peritoneal dialysis has been increased from P260,000 to P1.2 million pesos.
02:48Malang tulong po talaga sir, kaya nagpapasalamat po sa PilHealth.
02:55Nagkaroon na ako ng gantong PilHealth.
02:57PhilHealth has also included 10 rare diseases in their benefit package, including inborn errors of metabolism.
03:05Meanwhile, although there is zero subsidy for the agency this 2025,
03:09PhilHealth assured that it still has enough funds to continue their services in accordance with the existing universal healthcare law.
03:17BN Manalo from the National TV Network for a New and Better Philippines.
