TACLOBAN
CITY, Nov. 30 (PNA) -- The all can avail policy of the Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) for super typhoon Yolanda survivors in
Eastern Visayas will end on Dec. 31, 2016 after three years of implementation.
PhilHealth
regional information officer Miramar Zabala said that all needed health
insurance assistance has already been extended and it’s about time to lift the
policy.
“We have
been conducting massive information drive to notify the public about the
culmination of this privilege,” Zabala told PNA.
The policy
has benefited all typhoon survivors regardless of the PhilHealth membership
status. Since 2013 until August this year, the program had refunded PHP5 billion
worth of medical expenses to hospitals.
Meanwhile,
the state health insurance firm encouraged self-employed members to pay the
monthly premium of PHP200 or to continue the availment of benefits.
“The good
thing about being a member is that you can avail compensations to all kind of
illnesses that are reimbursable by PhilHealth,” she added.
Currently,
the insurance firm has 4.1 million members, including the dependents such
children below 21 years old and their parents who are more than 60 years old.
(PNA)
LAP/SQM/Jushua
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