premium contribution of 2,400 Php. Inactive members are also allowed to update their contributions. Expectant mothers classified under C-3 to D segments of the population will be enrolled under the point-of-service program.69 Barangay Hopping or “Bar Hopping” for short, is an initiative from their regional offices wherein they go from town to town and enroll those who are not yet covered by the program.70 This especially benefits indigenous peoples who usually have no means to go from the hinterlands to the nearest local government or PhilHealth office. Another initiative by the agency in securing coverage, especially for marginalized sectors, is the Social Health Insurance Academy. A department in PhilHealth that creates modules that enables community leaders to be force multipliers for the agency. These force multipliers will teach their communities on the importance of health insurance. They have plans to develop easy to understand modules of mostly pictograms, which is very useful especially for those with issues of illiteracy.71 In Region XI, PhilHealth has a total figure of 4,483,626 beneficiaries as of March 2019.72 29.2% come from workers from private companies while 5.7% are from government, and 4.9% are migrant workers. Individually paying members make up 27.1% while program sponsored members are at 20.2%. Senior citizens and lifetime members round up the numbers at 12.9% . They have also managed to enroll 7,850 indigenous peoples under the program. 73 Benefit payouts from Jan 2019, 390 million Php for indigent members, 187 million Php for sponsored program members. Total payouts in 2018 amounted to 6.5 Billion. There has been a dramatic increase in 69 “Women about to give birth” available from https://www.philhealth.gov.ph/news/2016/pregnancy_benefits.html (6 June 2019) 70 Consultation with PhilHealth regional office (24 April 2019) 71 Consultation with PhilHealth national office (11 March 2019) 72 Ibid. Consultation with PhilHealth regional office, Note No. 69 73 Consultation with PhilHealth regional office (24 April 2019) 20