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Sen. Risa Hontiveros(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN)
Hontiveros, in filing Senate Bill No. 2053 or the “Free Dialysis for Senior Citizens Act of 2021,” said senior citizens suffering from kidney diseases that require dialysis should be able to fully reimburse through the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) all the dialysis sessions conducted in accredited hospitals or free-standing dialysis centers.
The senator said passage of the bill into law would be helpful to senior citizens and their families especially amid the widespread unemployment, exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis.
Currently, PhilHealth covers 90 dialysis sessions, but Hontiveros said her bill hopes to cover the complete 144 sessions needed for a complete year of treatment.
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House committee to conduct probe into financial condition of SSS
Published February 14, 2021 11:50am The House Committee on Public Accounts will look into the financial condition of the Social Security System (SSS), its chairman and Probinsyano Ako Party-list Representative Jose Bonito Singson Jr. said on Sunday. Singson filed House Resolution 1563 which called for the said inquiry to find out if any legislation is needed to address weaknesses or excesses in the social security program. The House of Representatives on Feb. 1 approved on third and final reading the measures seeking to grant the President the authority to suspend the scheduled increases in the contribution rates of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and SSS in times of national emergencies.
This is in light of the requirement from suppliers for the national government to set up a compensation fund for COVID-19 vaccine recipients who may suffer serious side effects to avoid liability since their products are still under development.