Skip to content PhilHealth offers quite a treat for people who have gone past their employment ages; people who have worked hard for so many years and are yet to get what they deserve – senior citizens. Just like many things, PhilHealth offers quite a very interesting feature to these kinds of people and that is free membership. Yes, they do not have to pay anything initially when they decide to be a member of the insurance corporation. In this article, I will be detailing the things that senior citizens should do if they pan on being a member of PhilHealth.
Of course, we need to be clear of what the qualifications are before diving deeper into the topic. The people who are qualified for this are:
- 60-year old Filipino citizens who are residents of the Philippines who are not currently covered by any PhilHealth membership category;
- Qualified dependents of senior citizen members; and;
- Qualified dependents of members who are part of other membership categories of PhilHealth (with or without coverage who are senior citizens themselves).
So how can a senior citizen register for PhilHealth? Well we actually have two (2) options for them:
- Through the Office for the Senior Citizen Affairs (OFSCA)
- Through PhilHealth Local Health Insurance (LHIO)
But wait, what are the requirements they need to have for them to successfully apply for a PhilHeath membership?
- Senior Citizen ID (issued by OSCA)
- At least two (2) 1×1 photo that was taken within the last six (6) months
- At least one (1) valid government ID
- Duly accomplished PhilHealth Member Registration Form (PMRF)