President Benigno Aquino III intends to seek US accreditation for Philippine hospitals so Americans can use their medical insurance in paying for medical services in the Philippines.
Aquino is scheduled to meet with US President Barack Obama next June. “You can count on my requesting him again for a consideration of accrediting more of our facilities,” Aquino said in an open forum Thursday with the joint foreign chambers of commerce and other leaders of the business sector.
The President told the forum he discussed with “the highest levels of the US government,” including congressmen and US senators who recently visited the Philippines, how constraints posed by US law on accrediting Philippine hospital may be resolved.
“There are invitations to talk with them again when we visit the United States of America, so I will be sure to request for that liberalizing of the facilities for the retirees,” he added.
Some American retirees from Guam were authorized to seek medical treatment in the Philippines, Aquino noted. “But we want to expand that,” he said. — VS, GMA News
