Manila, Philippines — The Department of Health (DoH) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) have urged all the non-members of PhilHealth to take advantage of the one-day registration in October and be part of the government’s health insurance program.

PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Rey B. Aquino asked “financially capable” individuals to pay their premium contributions to give them health security blanket.

The whole-day registration called “PhilHealth Sabado, Magseguro, Magparehistro” is set for Saturday, October 2.

“We encourage those financially capable of paying for their premium contributions to register under our Individually Paying Program,” Aquino said.

“In particular, we would like to reach out to our fellowmen who are not yet members, but who have the financial means to pay for their premium contributions.”

There are about 20 million principal PhilHealth members, 3.42 million of whom are individually paying members.

The registration centers include all regional and service offices of PhilHealth, as well as the DoH’s Centers for Health Development and DoH-retained hospitals nationwide.