A TOTAL of 3,137 indigent families in Consolacion town, northern Cebu, will enjoy free health insurance this year as the local government of Consolacion and Cebu province renewed their coverage under the agency’s sponsored program.
Of the 3,137 cards endorsed by Philhealth to the local government of Consolacion, about 800 had already been released.
Consolacion Mayor Teresa “Nene” Pepito-Alegado led the distribution of the cards on May 12 to the residents of barangays Lamac, Nangka, Pitogo, Poblacion Occidental and Tugbungan.
Other sponsored members in the town will receive their Philhealth cards from their barangays in the coming days.
The free health insurance also covers barangay health workers, day care workers, and barangay tanods in Consolacion previously enrolled under the Greater Welfare for the Needy (GWEN) program of the provincial government.
The municipality of Consolacion is applying for the accreditation of its rural health unit, particularly its lying-in facility, where uncomplicated normal and spontaneous deliveries of the first four births may be done.
If granted accreditation, sponsored and other members receiving medical services for normal deliveries in the facility can avail of Philhealth’s maternity care benefit package amounting to P6,500.