Senator Nancy Binay complain about claiming of health-care benefits has become a nightmare for her and her businessman husband who wanted to avail Philhealth but find it stressful especially in processing of the papers needed to avail the benefits.
The newly elected Senator Binay, took advantage of the hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Health on Tuesday to complain the difficulty of claiming Philhealth benefits as reported by Inquirer.
The 40-year-old Senator and daughter of Vice-President Jejomar Binay noted the her husband was confined two weeks ago and they were trying to get their Philhealth benefits but they failed to avail for it and even stressed that they’re going to get sick again because of the stressful processing at Philhealth.
She was quoted as saying “My husband kasi was confined two weeks ago and we were trying to get Philhealth benefits. Akala ko magkakasakit ulit dahil na-stressed sa pagki-claim ng Philhealth benefits” she said.
The hearing was conducted by the Senate and attended by Philhealth President and Chief Executive Officer Alexander Padilla and the Senate members of the Committee on Health.
Senator Binay’s husband was reportedly afflicted with a viral illness but failed to avail of the benefits after the hospital found out that his type of illness was not covered by Philhealth. Sen. Binay even suggested that if she had known that viral illness is not included in Philhealth package she would write dengue instead to avail the benefits.
The Senator was quoted saying “Hindi s’ya pasok aside from that it’s difficult for him kasi nga kung anu ano yung form na. E uwing uwi na sya so I told him bayaran na lang natin ng cash she said.
She added further that “…Kasi hindi ko nga maintidinhan kung bakit ang viral illness is not included sa Philhealth package, when that’s a common illness. Kung alam ko lang na ganun sana pinasulat ko na lang na dengue para maka avail kami ng Philhealth.” Sen. Binay said.
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