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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday urged the public to further spread awareness of the government\u2019s zero balance billing policy, while noting the success of the information drive to encourage patients to seek medical care without hesitation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSo, ikalat natin, ipaalam natin sa lahat ng tao para hindi na sila nagdadalawang-isip na magpatingin, magpagamot, at magpagaling,\u201d President Marcos said during a visit the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) in Quezon City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSiyempre sa umpisa, we have to \u2013 information drive, hindi lamang sa mga hospital kung hindi pati sa pasyente. And I think we are succeeding in that,\u201d the Chief Executive added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President has been personally checking the implementation of the zero balance billing policy in 87 Department of Health (DOH) hospitals nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m happy to report that the zero billing program is proceeding well,\u201d President Marcos said in his remarks during the latest hospital visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President thanked the EAMC staff for the orderly implementation of the zero billing policy and encouraged the public to spread the word and raise awareness about the program meant to ease the financial burden of medical care.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since the President announced the program during his fourth State of the Nation Address last July 28, the DOH said about 3,000 ward or basic accommodation patients have benefited from the zero billing program in EAMC alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the East Avenue Medical Center, President Marcos interacted with patients and caregivers in the hospital\u2019s ward, assuring them that they need not worry as the government will cover the expenses.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the admitting area, President Marcos comforted a young boy, assuring him and his family that the hospital would provide his care at no cost.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President was with DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, EAMC chief Dr. Alfonso Nu\u00f1ez, as well as other government and hospital officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n President Marcos\u2019 parents-the late former President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos- inaugurated the EAMC on October 8, 1969.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday urged the public to further spread awareness of the government’s zero balance billing policy, while noting the success<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15894,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15892\/revisions\/15894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}