CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -- The provincial government of Pampanga and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to provide social protection and health insurance to job order workers (JOs) and project-based contractors (PBCs) in the province.
The MOA was signed Thursday by Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda, Assistant Secretary of Health Leonita Gorgolon, PhilHealth vice president Walter Bacareza, and representatives of local government units (LGUs) and agencies.
“They have the right to have PhilHealth,” Pineda said.
Under the agreement, JOs and PBCs in government or private offices shall be covered under the formal economy of the National Health Insurance Program.
This means that government employers are authorized to withhold and remit the full premium contribution of every JO and PBC under a group enrollment scheme.
Bacareza said the move to grant free PhilHealth to every Filipino is one of the priority programs of President Rodrigo Duterte.
“All Filipinos are now covered by PhilHealth. Pregnant, senior citizens, those indigents confined in the hospital, we will also cover them," he said.
Bacareza also took the opportunity to thank the LGUs for their support and cooperation by providing posters and billboards in their respective municipalities to help promote free PhilHealth services in their areas.
Pineda, meanwhile, reiterated her call to the people to make use of the benefits being offered by PhilHealth, noting that she is determined to provide free PhilHealth member data records (MDRs), particularly to indigent Kapampangans through the “Alaga Ka Roadshow.” (PNA)
