- to provide all citizens
with the mechanism
to gain financial
access to health
services, in
combination with
other health
programs,
- to give the highest
priority to covering
the entire population
with at least a
minimum package of
health insurance
benefits,
- to be equitable and
be implemented in
consultation with
LGUs147
Kapitbisig Laban sa
KahirapanComprehensive and
Integrated Delivery of
Social Services
(KALAHI-CIDSS)
(DSWD)
Kalahi-CIDSS, is one of
the poverty alleviation
programs of the
Philippine Government
being implemented by
the Department of
Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD).
It uses the communitydriven development
(CDD) approach, a
globally recognized
strategy for achieving
service delivery, poverty
reduction, and good
governance outcomes.
The development
objective of KalahiCIDSS is to have
barangays/communities
of targeted
municipalities become
empowered to achieve
improved access to
mix of public and
private funding
(typically the
contribution is
being paid by
another
individual,
government
agency (such as
the LGU), or NGO
or faith-based
organization)
-lifetime
members all
retirees under the
SSS and GSIS,
and all PhilHealth
members who are
at least 60 years
and have paid at
least 10 years
monthly
contributions, for
whom no
premiums are
levied.
The program
provides grants to
communities for
infrastructure. It
does not support
individual or
household
beneficiaries,
except to the
extent that they
live in such
communities and
are collective
beneficiaries of
the assets created
(although some
local individuals
may be employed
on the subprojects financed,
and thus receive
an immediate
transfer in the
form of wages).150
147 Sec. 5, National Health Insurance Act of 1995, available from
https://www.philhealth.gov.ph/about_us/ra7875.pdf
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services includes:
- Inpatient
benefits, subsidy
for room, board,
drugs and
medicines.
- Outpatient
benefits
- Deliveries and a
package of
newborn care
services
- Specialized
disease treatment
packages
including for
tuberculosis,
severe acute
respiratory
syndrome, and
influenza.
Grants to
municipalities are
calculated based
on population and
poverty incidence.
Per capita rates
vary depending on
municipal income
classification,
poverty incidence,
and the extent to
which a
community was
affected by
Typhoon Yolanda.
The minimum
level of municipal
block grant is PHP
2 million and the
maximum PHP 20
million. All eligible
municipalities
receive at least four
annual block grant
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