SEVEN barangays in the provinces of Cebu and Negros Oriental enrolled a total of 1,481 poor constituents in PhilHealth’s sponsored program.
Three sponsoring barangays are in Cebu City, one in Consolacion, northern Cebu, and three in Tayasan, Negros Oriental.
In Cebu City, barangay Capitol Site enrolled 800 poor families, barangays Apas and Lorega San Miguel each sponsored 165 members. Consolacion’s barangay Pulpogan sponsored the premium of 200 constituents. In Tayasan, barangays Linao, Lutay and Magtuhao shouldered the premium of 151 poor constituents.
The sponsored members can now avail of PhilHealth benefits within the validity period indicated in their PhilHealth ID and Member Data Record.
Like other PhilHealth members, sponsored members can avail of PhilHealth benefits when confined for at least 24 hours in PhilHealth-accredited hospitals or admitted for outpatient treatment, such as dialysis, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and ambulatory or day surgeries, among others.
They are also entitled to free primary preventive and diagnostic services, as well as free drugs and medicines in accredited rural health units or health centers under PhilHealth’s Primary Care Benefit 1 package.
The package includes services like free consultation, regular blood pressure monitoring and visual inspection with acetic acid, among others.