HEALTH Undersecretary Alexander Padilla said Sunday he will assume the position of chief operations officer of Philippine Health Corp. next month to sign up more members.
“In keeping with the policy of the Aquino administration for universal health, we will prioritize the enrollment of PhilHealth members, as well as the provision of more out-patient benefits,” Padilla said in a phone interview.
The state-run firm plans to increase the premium contributions of its new members starting next month, and to P600 from P300 quarterly or P2,400 a year.
The people covered are those earning at least P25,000 a year based on their income tax returns. There were 20.1 million PhilHealth members with an average of five dependents as of February this year, or an 85-percent coverage rate.
“Universal health care is created particularly for our poor countrymen,” President Benigno Aquino III said earlier.
“We aim to protect them not only from undesirable health effects but also from the adverse financial implications of diseases, illnesses and emergencies. We aim to do this by improving the coverage and benefits of PhilHealth, our national health insurance agency.”
Padilla is also the government’s chief negotiator in the peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front.
He has served as Customs commissioner, assistant Interior secretary, special prosecutor of the Office of the Ombudsman, and senior state prosecutor of the Justice Department in the past 24 years. –Joyce Pangco Pañares, Manila Standard Today
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October –
Monthly Observances:
Industry and Commerce Safety Month
National Statistics Month
Local Government Month
Consumer Welfare Month
Cooperative Month
National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month
National Health and Wellness Tourism Month
National Indigenous Peoples Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week
Week 2: National Health Education Week
Local Government Week
National Mental Health Week
October 17-23:
National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty
October 18 – 24:
United Nations Week
Last Week:
Nurses’ Week
Consumers’ Protection Week
Week of the 4th Sunday:
Barrio Farmers’ Week
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First Monday (Oct 4): Universal Children’s Day i
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Oct 5: National Teachers’ Day
Oct 10: Local Government Day
Third Thursday (Oct 14): Conflict Resolution Day
Oct 21: Tenants’ Emancipation day
Oct 24: United Nations Day
Oct 29: National Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day
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