Nearly 88% of residents in Capiz are registered with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
PhilHealth Capiz Chief Joe Frederick T. Diaz said a total of 736,706 out of the 837,577 population has access to PhilHealth.
The province also had the highest payment in Western Visayas for PhilHealth’s YAKAP (Yaman ng Kalusugan) program at P63.16 million.
YAKAP is the expanded version of the Konsulta Program, which offers primary care benefit package for members to access consultations, laboratory and cancer screenings, and essential medicines at accredited facilities.
Essential medicines are also provided when prescribed by authorized physicians.
The program promotes prevention and early detection to reduce the financial burden of disease on Filipino families. Benefits are designed to provide financial protection by ensuring access to essential healthcare services.
Expanded coverage includes cancer screenings such as mammograms, low-dose chest CT scans, and colonoscopies.
