President Rodrigo Duterte is in favor of deferring the contribution hike of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) members amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The President, according to a statement of Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go expressed willingness to sign a legislation that would allow the delay of the supposed contribution increase from 3 percent to 3.5 percent.
“Base sa usapan namin ni Pangulong Duterte, sang-ayon naman po siya na ipagpaliban pansamantala muna ang pagtaas sa rates ng contributions ng PhilHealth habang may pandemya pa tayong kinakaharap,” the senator said in a statement.
Go added that the government should also weigh in if there is a need to subsidize the needed contribution pending legislation.
“Sinabi niya na kung may maipapasang batas ang lehislatibo na naglalayong ipatupad ang deferment, o kung may kailangang aprubahan na dagdag na pondo mula gobyerno para hindi maantala ang serbisyo ng PhilHealth, pipirmahan niya ito pagkatapos mapag-aralan ng mabuti,” he added.
“I am appealing to our government finance managers and fellow legislators to highly consider the deferment of the implementation of the increase in PhilHealth contribution rate for 2021,” Go also said.
