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Qualified Indigent Members

How do indigent families avail of health insurance coverage under the Sponsored Program?

The Sponsored Program is open to qualified indigents belonging to the lowest 25% of the Philippine population.

Also qualified under this program are families who are listed in the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Who shoulders the premiums for qualified indigents?

The Sponsored Program is being made possible through the partnership of PhilHealth and sponsors such as local governments (LGUs), private individuals and corporations and members of Congress, among others.

The National Government (through PhilHealth) and the abovementioned sponsors jointly pay the annual premium for each enrolled family.