Health & Wellness Best Posts in Thread: Philhealth Cost Today

I was asked, I told the lady my Pension is not an Income, it is a Pension, not money earnt here, it is money paid to me by the Australian Government, not the Philippines Government, she still charged me at 300p per month, I was not going to argue the point while I was getting 3 years cover compared to the alternative after July 1st...

 

My Wife and Daughter were Members of Philhealth, she was given a form for both her and Daughter to cancel Membership which she did, then she went back to the counter and gave the completed Forms to the lady who then removed them from the system and added them both to mine as Dependents...

In your case; I would 'assume' you just need to pay the following years you wish to add to your current cover... I do not think it would be too hard to do mate if you are extending your current cover...

 

Sorry if my handicapped finger bothered you, it bothers me too. But there is a certain comfort level knowing an always right person is there to point out my imperfections.

 

Always good to keep a couple copies of both sides of your iCard.

 

You can try and see if they will issue using your ACR card receipt.

 

Thanks Pat, very good tip.
Went there today and signed up for three years .
Have to bring marriage contract later (required ! ) to get my wife covered too. (not in the web info)
Jacob

 

For Philhealth I would tell them zero. Not only is investment income not Earned Income, it is not (I assume) any kind of income gained in the Philippines. You are living off of your savings for Philhealth purposes. (my opinion, no facts to link to)

 

I appreciate they would give me an answer. If I ask my gf how much money I should give her each month she will also give me an answer. If I ask the guy selling sunglasses what a fair price is he will also give me an answer. But none of those answers will help me to establish if I am getting the best possible advice. That's what I come to this forum for, the best possible advice from all my wise and experienced peers.

 

What if you are living off an investment fund so you have no income except what you choose to withdraw from the fund each month? You may draw 50,000 pesos a month most months or skip a month and draw nothing. Its already your money. So what income would you declare?