MANILA, Philippines — Six senators on Saturday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to immediately come up with policies and guidelines that will cover patients in makeshift hospital tents while waiting for admission.
This, after Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite revealed that hospitals are charging patients in emergency rooms or temporary tents—which were set up due to a surge of COVID-19 cases—at P1,000 per hour.
Under existing rules, emergency room (ER) services are not shouldered by PhilHealth.
“We appeal to PhilHealth not to ignore the cries of families who have no recourse but to shell out their last money dahil hindi iko-cover ng PhilHealth…
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