Philippines Battles Health Inequities: From Medical Costs To Worker Shortage | CNA Correspondent

[@jancarlperez109]

Thank you for advocating for our local health workers! Proud to be part of PGH community.

[@kmtaylor88]

Last year, my mom had surgery in Cebu and the bill was astronomical, my brother and I had to pay for her bill, healthcare in the Philippines is the most ridiculous.

[@axizcorp]

That's why expats and fil-ams would rather go to US than have their operation in the Philippines. It's cheaper to fly abroad than have the operation in private hospitals in the Philippines. Public hospitals is a 50/50 option.

[@24yrukdesigner]

Yes we have lost friends and family to Phil so called healthcare. More like don't care, can't cope...... :( We were put to consultation which the doc then refers to other place which needed to start again and pay again for more consultations, checkups, scans, everything essentially a complete waste of time and random guesses of not needed investigations. Health keeps deteriorating whilst excuses are made, time is sold, no resolution, cures or guidance..... Only thing doctors ever did in my experience of Philippines is refer you to other doctors, or ask you to wait...... we spent our entire life savings on just trying to find out what's wrong, and when they think they know what it might be, there's no money left for treatment. Money or no money, there's no such thing as Philippines healthcare.

[@marisolflandez3964]

Prices in med is indeed very high. In Nepal, India, Thailand this is not the case. so sad.

[@meajoh]

# cost is...curruption....that is the # 1 problem.....thats why...all medicine are too expensive......

[@kutnahora100]

The country is unable to sustain the Extreme population growth. The PHL has 115 milion people (2022) with the size a little larger than the state of Nevada with a population of only 3,104,614. Had the PHL not experience this high population, the country would have been able to carry the fundamental necessities of its people including provision of free health care, food, shelter, and education. There was a recent news about the rise in teenage pregnancies which is adding the burden of every human being of the PHL.

[@justinefirst7458]

Have you been Philip?

[@doriscruz8934]

Especially of branded medicines. Pharmaceutical companies spends hundreds of thousand in wooing doctors to prescribed their brand by taking them to all expenses paid domestic and international travels. Of course they have to up the price of their medicines to recoup the money they spend on these doctors.

[@ryansilverio4997]

Essential medicines cost 3x more than international prices. TRUTH!!!!!

[@justinefirst7458]

Why the expense covered ONLY 2%by medical insurance ?😢

[@Bluemoon3010]

When will the government will work on health care in the philippines . Poverty and health care is the worse in the Phillipines.

[@Teppei888-w2l]

Abandoned ship na . Lumayas nlang kayu Jan sa Pinas mga health worker bring your family with you …… magaral at practice practice lang sa pinas tapos go abroad

[@Udontknowmi]

Di mo ba napanuod na nireject na siya ng agency niya kasi magiging OFW lang siya? Tingin mo ba makakatakas ang mga tao na kumikita ng 200 pesos a day? Not even minimum wage. Ang mga taong naghahangad about going abroad ay mga pribilihadong tao lang. Pipe dream yan sa karamihan ng Pilipino.

[@Teppei888-w2l]

lol not referring to her but to the healthcare worker, sa kasaman palad she didn’t take care of herself well

[@evantindog5864]

My advice to Pilipino if you want to save for your future…save money to get out of that country….go to other countries with better opportunities and free healthcare that’s a better future for Pilipinos rather that saving money for a Pilipino future…

[@YMWong-cb6ke]

To deal with the problem is very simple. Stop multiplying yourself senselessly and recklessly if you cannot afford. Less children means less expenses and more money for yourself, especially health care. Simple.

[@JaNa-ge6rk]

Nay, mahirap gawin halos imposible sabi ng ilan pero DO NOT eat rice, bread, pansit, noodles, spahetti, sugar, asukal, carboydrates, Minola etc cooking oil, and margarine anymore. Try lang for 90 days and see the benefits

[@lmdeboom]

Stop eating meat and fish. Fish has a lot of pollutants in it. Meat has a lot of saturated fat and heme iron. Focus on a whole plant diet. Stop using oil and sodium salt also.

[@lastChang]

China🇨🇳 still owes the Filipino people an estimated USD$177 billion for damages from the 2016 Hague lawsuit. - This money can help the Philippines to battle health inequities.

[@williamd7161]

Filipinos living in the Philippines should not bear not even a single child! Don't let your child suffers the same fate of hardships, lack of opportunity, government corruption, abuses and incompetence. You need to wake up now! Prayers won't even help you.

[@antongavutti4376]

¼ what you eat make you alive ¾ what you eat make your pharmacy, doctors, hospital, diagnostic clinic RICH & ALIVE you become ugly & exhausted...

[@osyoso_ilonggo]

Yan kasi nong nag aaral, ayaw magsi aral. Tas sisihin gobyerno

[@merlie1254]

Marami pa nga ring uneducated sa Pinas. Bakit Kaya dahil meron namang mga free colleges or free trade schools. Mahilig kasing mag-anak kaagad. Ang daming single parents na kahit walang trabaho anak pa more tapos mamalimos sa gobyerno or sa iba.

[@karlos_infamous]

Filipinos need to migrate to better and wealthier countries such as 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺. these countries are wealthy and have to capacity to help Filipino immigrants.

[@justinefirst7458]

No any skills,how to immigrate?

[@mobiusdc2234]

Because of corruption

[@pinovicnedovic7545]

not just coruption, the ph cant sustain the extreme population growth, ph population is i think 120 million,

[@axizcorp]

It's no longer corruption. It's greed of businessmen and doctors are also businessmen, and they consider patients as just mere clients not patients.

[@perryperry58]

One man's gain is another man's loss.

[@Norfolkbabe578]

And yet they still make babies

[@pinoyrock4090]

paano naman wala ng makain nag aasawa pa,, akala sagot sa kahirapan ay pag aasawa at iasa sa mga anak ang kainabukasan nila. malibog kasi mga Pinoy.

[@Norfolkbabe578]

Squatter mentality kasi e....sadly walang pagbabago...they just recycle their poor life choices and wonder why they live in misery

[@singlemom1089]

The only solutions is impose 1 child policy for those middle class and no child policy to those poor people.

[@jartagniancopria1120]

How bout control corruption and proper resource allocation?

[@Norfolkbabe578]

@jartagniancopria1120 the only control is birth control. Look how dirty and overpopulated the country is. Generations of poor people, when will it end?

[@kristiancarlodomingo890]

Why is it always the fault of poor people lmao

[@Norfolkbabe578]

@kristiancarlodomingo890 well who asked you guys to make babies if you're already poor??? Maybe fix your life before bringing babies into the world. Why don't the poor use their common sense thou??? You think money grows in trees? It's not your governments job to feed you and your life choices

[@randomdude-d5b]

Sama monaren bawal mag pagamot walang pera