Solon: PhilHealth could pay P20.3b for dialysis bills

QUEZON City Rep. Marvin Rillo sees the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) paying up to P20.3 billion in dialysis claims this year amid the chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemic sweeping the country.

“Considering the surge in the number of Filipinos seeking dialysis treatment, total claims payments are likely to increase by around P3 billion from P17.3 billion in 2022 to an estimated P20.3 billion this year,” he said.

The country is observing National Kidney Month “to raise public awareness of the fatal consequences of renal diseases.”

“We must guarantee Filipinos living with CKD ready access to free dialysis treatment to assure them a superior quality of life,” Rillo said.

According to the city lawmaker, with his help, two state-of-the-art dialysis centers in Barangay UP campus and Barangay Doña Imelda would soon provide “absolutely free” treatment to kidney patients. Rio N. Araja

ABS-CBN News, where she produced the current affairs program

“The Correspondents.”

She also led several news leadership positions and executive-produced news programs at TV5, where she worked for more than 9 years.

Puod is the second veteran journalist to have been recently appointed to lead the government’s information channels. Her appointment comes weeks after Mr. Marcos picked former ABS-CBN News Online senior editor Jose Torres Jr. as the new director-general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) replacing Ramon Cualoping III.