- 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 46 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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