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@jim787 You mentioned that Dr. Chua (he's the guy at Holy Child?) charges a lot compared to your dentist. If the girls teeth are a complete disaster there may be a lot more work than an ordinary filling at Php 800.
I went to see him for a consultation. My dentist who will remain nameless so I don't get sued or shot pushed a dental implant up between my pallet and the sinus membrane. His idea was to pull the skin off the roof of my mouth, cut a hole through the pallet and go find the wayward implant. None of that seemed like a good idea to me so I went to see Dr. Chua. I ask him to remove the implant. He said No way. He told me to go to an implant specialist at a hospital in Cebu. When I told him my dentist wanted to perform the procedure in the chair in his office Dr. Chua turned an ashen colour. It seems that procedure needs to be performed in a sterile surgery.
My point being sometimes dental work can be more complicated than appears.

Today I finally got my dental implant procedure completed by Dr. Cordeta and am as pleased as punch. Her price was higher than the "implant specialist" in Cebu. I rejected the guy in Cebu's treatment plan because it was seriously flawed.

I'll write an explanation tomorrow complete with pictures with what I had done and more importantly WHY the treatment cost a bit more.

 

I have PLDT home fibre, cable. 20Mbps unlimited. Really good had it about 3 months no problems. Oh and 1899 for the middle plan.

 

In my smart arse way, that is my entire point.

No professional is going to give me a blood transfusion based on the blood type put on my driver's license (in the Philippines anyway). Even though I carry a card issued by Hi-Precision Diagnostics with my blood type confirmed in large letters, Silliman would not give me a blood transfusion without confirming my blood type (at least they would not do it 3 years ago). So blood type on driver's license is just more bureaucratic BS to give clerks more to do. IMHO of course.

 

I was in Santa Catalina fishing Dorado yesterday. Get one, lost one and lot of activity, high season to caught dorado just now. If anyone wants to go there, I have a number for a boatsman, his name is Joven 09355721173 best if your gf/wife or another person who speak Visayas call for you. it's small banka no high society haha. You can be 2 persons in a banka and if you are more, neighbors have boats too. I go with one of the neighbors today, he brings his 20 years old son, I'm sure he did that because he talks very well English.

 

I have read the advice given to this thread. Some of it is wrong. My wife and I spent 20 years in the Philippine real estate business. We've bought and sold 87 properties. I even wrote a book about buying and selling real estate in the Philippines but I haven't published it yet. The process is filled with land mines, a million tricks and jillion lies. If any English-speaking foreigner has a problem and wants 30 minutes of free advise, I am available pool-side at Dumaguete Studio Apartments.

 

You hit the nail on the head. Its surely a way to keep hospital beds full. If it was to help cover hospital costs they wouldn't have such silly rules and simply require the attending doctors to agree with the release and home treatment which would be far cheaper. Many of these cases someone could go home in 24-48 hours and do at home medications and get better just as quick if not quicker as people are more comfortable and happier at home then in a hospital.

It doesn't pay the whole thing. Its a a partial payment with a fixed amount paid depending on the issue. You could get out with just 24 hours in and have a bill of 3-4k or stay the 4 days to get PhilHealth coverage and still pay 3-4k or a LOT more. Many of the things they do at the hospital they consider mandatory aren't needed such as IV's for everyone under the sun yet when have you seen an admitted patient not have an IV? Most issues someone can drink water just fine and often do. Add in the doctors fee's which change drastically if they consider you poor or not which could be 500p a day or 2500p a day depending on what the doctor feels like and IF you end up having a 2nd doctor specialist take a look their fee adds in as well and they love bringing in a specialist if they can find the silliest reason to.

In the end many a time going home early and forgoing Philhealth coverage can save sanity and money. It all depends on the issue and how much longer one would have to wait to qualify.