Imbinglay ni Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez a sinaklaw laeng ti Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) ti bassit a gatad ti dandani nga P7-million hospital bill kalpasan a naipasidong daytoy iti operasion ti for esophageal cancer sumagmamano a tawen ti napalabas.
Daytoy ket kinunana bayat ti panagtultuloy ti oral arguments a mangkidkiddaw a manglapped ti pannakaiyakar ti sobra a pondo ti Philhealth iti national treasury.
“Two years ago, I was treated for esophageal cancer which went into my lungs and I had to be confined for more than two months in one hospital in Metro Manila.”
Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez
“If I recall it correctly, my bill runs up to almost P7 million.”
Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez
Dinamag ni lawyer Paula Mae Tanquieng, ti counsel dagiti nagpetision, a pugtuanna nu mano ti “bill” a sinaklaw ti Philhealth.
Kinuna ni Tanquieng a sigurado daytoy a saan a nasurok iti 10%.
Kas sungbat, kinuna ni Lopez a saan daytoy a sigurado nu nababbaba iti 2%.
“Definitely much lower than 10%. It’s only P50,000. I don’t know how to compute it but I’m sure it’s less than 2%.”
Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez
Iti kaso ni Lopez, sinaklaw laeng ti PhilHealth ti 1%.
Kasaruno ti pannakaagasna, kinuna ni Lopez a naipasidong daytoy iti sumagmamano a “procedures” nga aggatad ti agarup P40,000.
“Again, I went to see PhilHealth, personally. I asked how much can be covered by PhilHealth and PhilHealth told me, I’ve run out of money. They cannot answer any of the P40,000, despite the fact that I’ve been regularly paying PhilHealth.”
