A bill seeking to grant the President power to suspend the period of implementation of the increase of premium rates for the direct contributors of the PhilHealth was filed by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. | zacariansINQ
Romualdez, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspension of the adjustment would remove “an added financial burden on millions of government and private sector workers, professionals, self-employed, and other Philhealth contributors” who are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Romualdez — along with his four co-authors, Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe, Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos, and Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Romualdez and Jude Acidre — in filing the amendatory bill cited the objective of the Universal Health Care Act itself, which is to “ensure that all Filipinos are guaranteed equitable access to [qualified] and affordable health care goods and services, and protected against financial risk.
“While Philhealth only aims to fulfill and remain faithful to its mandate, imposing a higher premium on Filipinos in these current conditions where most of them are grappling with the pandemic will definitely enforce a new round of financial burden to its members,” they added.
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