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Gierran: PhilHealth ID number not required for COVID vaccination

Published Mar 31, 2021 06:11 pm

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) clarified on Wednesday, March 31, that the PhilHealth identification number is not a requirement to receive a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. 

Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)
(MANILA BULLETIN)

PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Dante Gierran said it is just one of the “unique identifiers” of a possible vaccine recipient. 

Gierran said that vaccine recipients can present their license issued by the Professional Regulation Commission, driver’s license, passport, barangay certificate, birth certificate, or other government-issued IDs--- in order to prove their identity when receiving the vaccine. 

“Yung PIN number ng PhilHealth is just one of those requirements pero it’s not everything (The PIN number of PhilHealth is just one of those requirements but it's not everything),” said Gierran during a public press briefing on Wednesday.

Department of Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire also made the same pronouncement. 

“Gusto kong klaruhin ito kasi maraming lumalabas na parang opposing views ng PhilHealth at saka DOH. Gusto kong klaruhin na ang PhilHealth at DOH nagtatrabaho po kami together. Siguro, itong sinasabi ng PhillHealth, hindi lang naipaliwanag ng mas maayos. Hindi po batayan ang PhilHealth number para kayo ay magpabakuna (I want to clarify this because it appears that PhilHealth and DOH have opposing views. I want to make it clear that PhilHealth and DOH are working together. Maybe, the statement of PhilHealth was not conveyed properly. The PhilHealth number is not a basis for you to get vaccinated),” said Vergeire in a separate press briefing. 

“Hindi porque wala kayong PIN ay hindi na kayo pwede bakunahan. Lahat po ng ating kababayan ay hinikayat na magpabakuna. Huwag nyo pong problemahin na wala kayong PhilHealth number dahil ibibigay po sa inyo iyon pagdating sa vaccination site (Just because you don't have a PIN, you can't be vaccinated. All citizens are encouraged to get vaccinated. Do not worry if you don't have a PhilHealth number because it will be given to you when you arrive at the vaccination site),” she added. 

Vergeire said there will be on-site registration booths in the vaccination sites for those people who do not have a PhilHealth number yet.

The Health official said that the PhilHealth number is important for the monitoring of adverse events following immunization and “provision of benefits.”

“Kailan ba natin gagamitin ang PhilHealth? Meron tayong mga (When will we use PhilHealth? We have) packages for the adverse events following immunization na covered po iyan ng PhilHealth and the only way that PhilHealth can track and provide these packages or benefits to our public would be for them to track who are these PhilHealth members na pumapasok sa bakunahan natin (that are getting vaccinated),” said Vergeire.

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