PhilHealth, OTC secure health of transport cooperative members – The Manila Times

Philippine Health Insurance Corp. chief Dante Gierran shows the signed agreement, securing the health of transport cooperative members. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and the Office of the Transport Cooperatives (OTC) signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation (MoUC) recently to ensure the provision of health insurance coverage to the members of transportation service cooperatives (TSCs), including their qualified dependents.

PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Dante Gierran and OTC officer in charge Eugene Pabualan led the virtual signing ceremony in Pasig City and in Quezon City, respectively.

Under the MoUC, the two agencies would collaborate to ensure that OTC members would adequately be provided with timely information on PhilHealth benefits as well as important and pertinent provisions of the Universal Health Care (UHC) law.

PhilHealth committed to facilitate the membership registration of over 610,000 TSC officers, members and employees while the OTC pledged to assist the state health insurer to heighten its members’ awareness on PhilHealth benefits and services.

Gierran acknowledged the critical role of public transportation, especially at this time of the pandemic, reiterating PhilHealth’s commitment not only to OTC members, but to all Filipinos on their automatic inclusion in the National Health Insurance Program under the UHC.

Meanwhile, Pabualan committed that OTC “will ensure that transport service cooperatives and their members will not only access the right information on the benefits of being PhilHealth members, but also commit to embracing the importance of securing their health protection and wellness.”

The two agencies vowed to work together continuously and exert efforts to ensure the active participation of organizations in their respective programs such as the National Health Insurance Program, Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program and Cooperativism.