CDNTopStories: President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to be voluntary, Malacañang said Monday.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. KARL NORMAN ALONZO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
“Una sa lahat, ipinapaalam po namin sa inyo na nagissue ng direktiba ang Presidente sa PhilHealth para gawing boluntaryo po ang pagbabayad ng mga OFWs ng PhilHealth premiums,” Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in an online press briefing. “Alinsunod po dito, inanuunsyo na po ni Secretary Duque ng Department of Health na sinususpinde po niya ang Item 10 2 ng implementing rules and regulations ng universal health care na nag papataw na mas mataas na kontributsyon habang tayo po ay may problema sa COVID-19,” he added.
Furthermore, Roque said payment of PhilHealth premiums is no longer a pre-requisite to receive necessary documents, like the overseas employment certificate, to leave the country as announced by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration .
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