Senator Bong Go: “Napakahalaga sa akin ng kalusugan ng bawat Pilipino.”
BONG GO – Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said that the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has the budget to increase dialysis sessions for next year.
In a statement, the senator said that the state health insurer should increase its coverage for outpatient hemodialysis to a maximum of 156 dialysis sessions for next year.
He also noted that PhilHealth members and their dependents who are diagnosed with stage 5 chronic kidney disease and are enrolled in PhilHealth’s dialysis database are currently eligible to receive only up to 144 hemodialysis treatments.
The senator said that the reason why he filed Senate Bill No. 190 was because many people came to his office for dialysis. However, the senator said that it’s even better if the state health insurer can implement it now and next year.
To recall, he filed Senate Bill No. 190 (also known as the proposed “Free Dialysis Act of 2022”) mandating the state health insurer to fully cover all costs of dialysis treatments, sessions, and procedures done in PhilHealth-accredited health facilities.
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The senator also said that under the PHP 5.268-trillion national budget for 2023, PhilHealth has a PHP 21-billion budget for benefit package improvement under the Universal Health Care Act.
“I commend the adoption of my proposed special provision under the PhilHealth budget that indicates the use of the P21-Billion budget pertaining to benefit package improvement under Universal Health Care Act,” the senator had said during the plenary deliberations on the 2023 national budget.
The senator also vowed to continue pushing for more service-oriented and people-centered legislation, saying he will ensure that there’s a non-stop public service delivery to those who need government attention the most.
Meanwhile, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has signed in to law the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2023 amounting to PHP 5.268 trillion.
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