Karen Davila (Moderator)
The fifth issue of our countrymen, let’s get
straight: John’s illness, the country’s illness.
In some remote areas or some barangays, do you
know that simple ailment, becomes severe and sometimes human even dies,
because of insufficient hospitals and instruments?
Although it should already be the local
government that would respond to this kind of situation, what are the changes
that the president will do with respect to health concerns?
This was what happened to Mang Jun.
Here’s Mang Jun.
Mang Jun, here’s the candidates, asking your votes, what is your question
Mang Jun?
Mang Jun: Ma’am, Sir, what are your solutions to our place? No doctor, no instruments, no medicines.
Many got sick, died in our place, like my father.
If only I had gotten some help, then he would
have survived. Until when would we
sacrifice…
Karen Davila: All right, Mang Jun. Mang Jun
is emotional. We do understand. Secretary will be the first.
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SECRETARY MAR ROXAS
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Mang Jun, I empathise with your sorrow.
Nevertheless, this is our program. I believe that the wealth of an individual
is his health. Health is wealth as the
saying goes. So we will bring health
in the remotest areas in our country.
We have a program, which is Php 42 billion, Php 1 million for every barangay. (1)
There will be health station fo
every barangay amounting to Php 1 million to have – to erect facilities,
complete equipments and we will provide our BHW (Barangay Health Workers)
with allowance to have professionals
who concentrate there and can check up – whoever will approach there. This
is important because those in the remotest towns can’t really be accessed by
the doctors. Sixty percent of our
people die without even having seen a medical professional. (1)
So it’s important that we will bring the facilities,
the doctors, the nurses, the BHW (Barangay Health Workers) especially in the
health cares in the farthest, remotest area.
In addition, we will broaden our Philhealth,
which is curative likewise.
In case of sickness, there is a
fund that will answer for their medication. (2)
Presently, the
coverage of Philhealth is 93%, 93% of the whole population 100% of all the
poor. Definitely, the government is
the one who will pay for their medication. (3)
That is our program.
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COMMENTARY:
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1). The
problem that was brought up in the complaint was insufficient hospitals and
instruments. Therefore it should be clarified if Php 1 million, for every
barangay is enough for actual needs.
If it’s adequate, how can the government ensure of its conscientious
budget management given the corruption practices in the country.
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VICE PRESIDENT JEJOMAR BINAY
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You know Jun, your problem is really
distressing.
For me, all of the
barangays will have barangay health center. All of the
barangay health center will have complete instruments. All of the health
centers will have one barangay health worker. (1)
We will resolve the issue on primary healh since it is non-consultative. For you to use the health care benefit, you
should be admitted to the hospital.
Now, we will change it.
Consultation is also included in health care. (2)
And the medicine – medicine
on hospitalization is free. Free for
the poor. (3)
Like in Makati, no poor dies because of sickness. I experienced this. What you have gone through is what I felt
because my mother died, in a breast cancer.
Because of scarcity, she was not almost cured.
So I promise that you have nothing to grieve for
when I lead. We will provide you, all
for free. What you need is hospital
and medicine.
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I’m taking these as realistic because of
comparable programs that he was able to accomplish in Makati when he was a
Mayor. However, this cannot be
feasible if corruption allegation against him by Senators Trillanes and
Cayetano are true because that would absolutely divide and drain the budget
gradually in the process, thus quality services for the poor are
unmaximized.
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SENATOR MIRIAM SANTIAGO
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To avoid the same occurence, this is
what we will do: first, we will
reinforce the CCT program – Conditional Cash Transfer program through budget.
(1)
Second, the government’s Philhealth should be insured
– the person is insured under it, PhilHealth
coverage should be extended universally. (1) All
of the people should have Philhealth coverage.
Third, these barangay
health centers should be monitored, because occasionally their medicines and
vaccines are out of stock. (2)
And lastly, our motto should be “Prevention
rather than cure.”
There should information
dessimniation campaign that pertains here for their locality on what virus
has flown in. (3)
That’s all.
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COMMENTARY:
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1). The
major issue on insufficiency comes from corruption. The voters as taxpayers deserve to know how
can the government regulate corruption that’s widespread not only in the
national sector but also the local government units. She has been known for
fighting against corruption but until now it’s still a government’s malady,
although there were already a number of people who were arrested.
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MAYOR RODRIGO DUTERTE
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Well, I would like – this is not to pull my own
chair, but I have been Mayor of Davao City for the last 22 years. For now, my
experience is the doctors, the nurses and the medicines, which I plan to add.
Because it’s existing now, but no takers in distant places. Here in urban
areas.
But it would be a good
idea if you can place one doctor per
barangay and he acts as the physician of that barangay. (1)
Now, if it’s a tertiary, if it
needs hospitalization, operation, they can always bring – I already have my
911 that is why. It’s free. (I can be) 911, bring to the ospital and I pay. (2)
I’ll be the one to pay.
Now for the entire Philippines,
I will commit the PAGCOR funds. It’s about 30 billion, is it? I will commit
it as a trust fund to be used only for the payment of the Filipinos who are
in hospitals for their medical expenses. (1)
I will require all hospitals –
hospital of the rich, hospital of the poor – to go back to that facility of
reserving 8 beds or 20 depending on the capitalization. (3)
They should be there and they should
not be afraid because there is always money to pay. The billion…… of PAGCOR funds for that
purpose. (2)
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COMMENTARY:
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1). He says
that the people should not be afraid if hospitalized because there is always
money to pay, committing the PAGCOR funds which is about 30 billion as a
trust fund to be used only for the payment of the Filipinos who are in
hospitals for their medical expenses.
2). On the
other hand, the present administration has a program as discussed by Sec. Mar
Roxas that they’re allocating Php 42 billion (Php 1 million for every
barangay) to bring health in the remotest
areas in the country.
This means that the budget proposed by Duterte is
lower than Roxas’ budget with a difference of Php12 billion. He should have explained what are the
contingency measures if there’s a short of budget in the process or if it’s
already enough as a revolving fund for the whole year round, he should have also
discussed how could he make sure that every cent is not lost to corruption.
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SENATOR GRACE POE
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In my visit around the Philippines, this is distressing.
They say that healthcare is important but in other hospitals, they
don’t have even water. (1)
Like in Catbalogan, I’ve been there. How could you cure your patient if you
could not even clean yourself?
Second, if I’ll be the president, I’ll ensure that the poor are zero billing in the
hospital…because for now our Philhealth still needs an out-of-pocket. (2) The government can
afford to pay that. (1)
Third, to have a
doctor it is important that we provide
scholarship, one town, one doctor.
There will be one scholar for every town. (3)
If they graduate being supported by
the government, they will serve for four years then it should be replaced to
avoid insufficiency. (4)
What is distressing on Philhealth,
if you have bulge in the stomach, you can’t be admitted in the hospital once
it does not bleed and you will not be treated. (5)
So what is needed by our countrymen, I am
guaranteeing this to you, a humane government where the poor can be cured and
will not worry anymore as to how much just to save the lives of their loved
ones. I apologize about it Mang Jun.
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COMMENTARY:
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1). The mere
fact that there is a complaint indicates that not all of the people around
the Philippines receive such a subsidy.
She confirms that the government can afford to
subsidize hospitalization without spending any cent, how could she be sure
that everybody receives such a government benefit considering the seemingly
irrepressible corruption which causes the budget not to be enjoyed by the
supposed recepients.
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Karen Davila (Moderator)
All right, next round, 30 seconds. You can clarify, challenge or provide an
explanation or add. Secretary Mar.
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SECRETARY MAR ROXAS
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You know I am glad because of the
replies of my opponents, they’re affirming the programs that are currently
done.
What they’re promising has already been
practiced. For example, the trust fund
which was mentioned by…
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MAYOR RODRIGO DUTERTE
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We already have more than Php 1 billion trust
fund in PhilHealth to address everything.
Last year, PhilHealth paid out Php 75 billion
for 6.5 million patients that it pays. Now Senator Grace Poe is saying that our
poor countrymen will be zero-based billing.
This is so because we’re responding to the
people, when they are not able to pay on expenses, back to zero,
hospitalization, and with empty pocket.
That’s why we’re issuing everybody to preserve their health and they
have someone toturn as a contingency measure.
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COMMENTARY:
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1). Since he
presented a figure, he should have demanded for an explanation regarding
benefits that are not enjoyed by some of our countrymen and why it is so
given the huge budget allocated by Philhealth.
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Karen Davila (Moderator): All right.
Sec. Mar Roxas: If in case they got sick.
Karen Davila (Moderator): Yes. Okay. All right.
Karen Davila (Moderator): We should just obey – one
moment please. Vice President Binay,
30 seconds. Go ahead.
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VICE PRESIDENT JEJOMAR BINAY
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You know that’s the problem. If Secretary
Roxas’ word is true, we cannot hear a complaint like this. (1)
That’s really the problem, the implementation. Is there anyone who is capable on implementation – to
implement what is promised? (2)
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Karen Davila (Moderator): Okay.
Karen Davila (Moderator): Secretary Roxas, please
respond.
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SECRETARY MAR ROXAS
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I have no idea about the circumstances with Mang
Jun. The point here is there in the
program that we are implementing, all of them have been in existence. I regret that the
program was not able to cover Mang Jun.
(1)
But we cannot deny
6.5 million patients. There are names,
they have hospitals, they have medical records. Last year’s coverage was amounted to
Php75 billion which was previously
sourced out from the pockets of the people.
Now, it comes…from the government (1)
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1).
Regret for negligence committed should be coupled with
presenting/prescribing a possible solution to avoid the same occurrence in the
future.
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Kare Davila (Moderator): Senator Miriam, it's your turn for your 30 seconds.
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SENATOR MIRIAM
DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO
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We should stop the Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Office on demanding a letter of recommendation from a politician
before they attend to the request for funding....from the poor. (1)
Number 2, I opposed privatization of hospitals because it drives
the cost of medicines upward. (1)
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COMMENTARY:
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1).
The reason was not given why does PCSO should not demand a letter of recommendation from a politician before they attend to the
request for funding?…..for the poor.
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Karen Davila (Moderator): All right. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
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MAYOR RODRIGO DUTERTE
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Well......I was the one alluded to by the
Secretary. We processed that – the one he mentioned. No development until
now. I applied for that program about two years ago. The person would have
died if I had thought of curing him. And until now, there
is no – it's ain’t true. There’s nothing in Davao. (1)
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COMMENTARY:
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1).
Davao is a big city. It may
be true that others were not able to enjoy it based on complaint but it’s
doubtful that there is nothing in Davao.
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Karen Davila (Moderator): It's not true.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte: it’s already followed up.
Karen Davila (Moderator): Secretary Mar, your name was mentioned.
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