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Senator Nancy Binay on Friday, January 14 called out the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for misleading its members about the availability of its "home treatment" package for COVID-positive patients. Binay said patients who do not want to stay in community isolation units (CIU) or he
(File photo) MANILA - Instead of mass testing, targeted testing or responsible testing should be carried out to control the spread of Covid-19 while ensuring that government resources are not depleted, Malacanang said on Tuesday. Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, dismissed calls for mass testing, stressing the need for government to be "smart" in terms of spending for the country's Covid-19 response. "Responsible testing po yung ginagawa natin kasi (We are conducting responsible testing because) we have to be mindful na hindi unlimited po an...
(File photo) MANILA - Malacanang is pushing the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to expand its Covid-19 Home Isolation Benefit Packages (CHIBP) to include free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing. Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said PhilHealth currently covers free testing but only among patients who are symptomatic and are currently confined in public or private hospitals. "We're also pushing PhilHealth to increase the packages for home treatment. Those who are treating themselves at home can also be co...