BULEBAR SHAW, Pasig City — Under the Guaranteed and Accessible Medications for Outpatient Treatment (GAMOT) program of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth, members can get up to PhP350,000-worth of out-patient medicines annually starting August 21 the current year.

According to PhilHealth acting vice president for corporate affairs group Rey Baleña, all Philhealth members may access the program through the eGovPH app or local PhilHealth offices where they will choose a Yaman ng Kalusugan Program para Malayo sa Sakit (YAKAP) clinic to get a prescription for the medicine before presenting to designated GAMOT facilities.

Listed among the said facilities are Vidacure with branches in Muntinlupa City and Quezon City, Pharma Gen Ventures (Generika Drugstore) with branches in Parañaque City, Navotas City, Quezon City and Taguig City, CGD Medical Depot at Vertis North and the Chinese General Hospital in Blumentritt, Manila.

“Dapat irereseta iyon dahil mahalaga titingnan tayo ng doktor at malalaman kung hinihingi o kailangan ng kondisyon ng pasyente na siya'y ma-resetahan ng gamot,” Baleña explained.

He added that accreditation of drugstores is ongoing.

The GAMOT program includes 75 types of free medicines with an annual benefit limit of PhP20,000 per beneficiary.

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