PHILHEALTH CIRCULAR NO. 022

OFW- MAGTULUNGAN TAYO!

MAY MGA BENIPISYO NGA ANG PHILHEALTH, PERO HINDI MAKATARUNGAN NA MAGKAKAROON NAMAN NG INCREASE!

MY REACTIONS AFTER I FINISHED REVIEWING THE SAID MANDATORY IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL PHILHEATH CONTRIBUTION FOR OFW:

http://www.philhealth.gov.ph/circulars/2011/circ22_2011.pdf

1,200 pesos increase effective July 01,2012

2,400 pesos increase effective January 01,2013

“Scrap Philippine Health Circular No. 022 – this is about the increase of PhilHealth annual premium contribution from P900 to P2,400 which will effect on January 1, 2013.

PhilHealth Circular No. 022 will Kill OFWs Softly

“The hike in OFWs health insurance premium will not only bleed us(OFWs and dependents) dry, it also sucks out our blood leading ‘to death due to deprivation of free and affordable social services’. The government through various agencies is killing us so softly by imposing additional fees in pretense of better social services."

The said PhilHealth Circular No. 022 is against the REPUBLIC ACT No. 10022 – AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED, FURTHER IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE WELFARE OF MIGRANT WORKERS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS IN DISTRESS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Under the RULE XVII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS – Section 4. Government Fees, Administrative Costs and Taxes. All fees for services being charged by any government agency on migrant workers prevailing at the time of the effectivity of this Rule shall not be increased. This RA No. 10022 was officially approved and signed by the former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 08, 2010.

I searched out the names of the Board of Directors of PhilHealth to know if the said PhilHealth Circular No. 022 is approved by all the board of directors. Out of 14 members only one has affixed his signature to PhilHealth Circular No. 022 in the named of Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon and the other name who also signed her signature was not in the list or not in the list of Executive Officers. The PhilHealth Board of Directors are as follows:

Board Chair: Hon. Enrique T. Ona, M.D.

CSC Chairman: Hon. Francisco T. Duque III, M.D., MSc

DILG Secretary: Hon. Jesse M. Robredo

DSWD Secretary: Hon. Corazon J. Soliman

DOLE Secretary: Hon. Rosalinda D. Baldoz

Health Care Providers Sector: Hon. Juan M. Flavier, M.D.

Labor Sector: Hon. Alexander A. Ayco, M.D.

Employers Sector/President and Chief Executive Officer: Hon. Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon

Self Employed Sector: Hon. Francisco Vicente F. Lopez M.D.

SSS President & CEO: Hon. Emilio S. De Quiros, Jr.

GSIS President & General Manager: Hon. Robert G. Vergara

NAPC-BS Vice Chairman: Hon. Florencia P. Cabatingan

Filipino Overseas Workers: Hon. Jane M.N. Sta. Ana

Corporate Secretary: Atty. Genesis M. Adarlo

PLEASE SHARE TO ALL OFW, UNTIL IT WILL REACHED OUT TO THEM….