Edgardo Angara on Thursday pushed for a health insurance program for over 14 million Filipino children of low-income families through the establishment of a Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Angara said that poor families, especially during times of financial difficulties, would usually forego health care and put their resources into food. He said the state cannot afford to neglect the health of the country's children if it hopes to raise a strong and productive future generation.
"We need to make our children not only dependents of health insurance but beneficiaries themselves. Through this program, the government can significantly increase its investments in health thereby rescuing our young population from a health crisis," Angara said in a statement.
The senator said the proposed health insurance program would complement the existing National Health Insurance Program or PhilHealth by providing children with a full range of health services like regular checkups, immunizations, prescription drugs, laboratory tests, X-rays, hospital and clinic visits, durable medical equipments hospital visits, even dental and eye care.
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