Tag: indigent

PHILHEALTH TOLD: REDEFINE ‘INDIGENT’ IN COVERAGE

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date September 12, 2024
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Senate President Chiz Escudero called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to rethink what it means to be indigent when it comes to the health requirements of Filipinos. Insofar as the health of people is concerned, Escudero said being indigent takes on a whole different meaning. “Any person who is sick or who has […]

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INCREASE PENSION FOR INDIGENT SENIOR CITIZENS – ANGARA

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date April 16, 2019
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Increasing the social pension of indigent senior citizens will be a top priority of Senator Sonny Angara should he be reelected to Senate for another six-year term. Angara, one of the authors of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, said the social pension provided for under the law must be […]

Tags elderly, indigent, May midterm polls, Senate, Senator Angara, senatoriable, senior citizen pension