Philhealth Sabado issues 5,183 cards, registers 6,851 new members in East Visayas

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
October 5, 2010

TACLOBAN CITY  –  The Philippine Health Insurance Corp (Philhealth) was able to issue about 5,183 cards to the disadvantaged families in Eastern Visayas during the national Philhealth Registration dubbed as Philhealth Sabado on October 2.

Mr. Asisclo Militante, division chief of PhilHealth Region 8 informed the Philippine Information Agency that those issued with PhilHealth cards were those identified through the National Household Targeting System (NHTS) of the DSWD. This is 183 more than the 5,000 cards targeted to be issued, Mr. Militante added.

PhilHealth Sabado was able to register 6,851 new members in the various offsite registration areas in the region, Mr. Militante informed, adding that the PhilHealth Sabado in Eastern Visayas was very successful.

For the education and information campaign through the PhilHealth Information Desks, Mr. Militante said that the crowd estimate is 13,054.

Mr. Militante commended the members of the PhilHealth Registration Task Force in the Region for really doing their assigned tasks. The taskforce is composed of the Department of Health, PhilHealth, Department of Education, the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Mr. Militante reiterated that the path towards universal health care does not stop with the PhilHealth Sabado.

Registration for the sponsored program of PhilHealth will continue until the 55,000 indigent and poor families targeted for the Region this year is achieved, Mr. Militante added.

Mr. Militante said that the 55,000 members targeted for this year are sponsored by the government which will pay for their premium contributions for the next 5 years.