INTEGRATING affordable drug rehabilitation treatment is one of PhilHealth's priority benefit packages, but the agency board is still mulling over its coverage, PhilHealth President Alexander Padilla said on Friday.

"Mandate talaga ng PhilHealth na magkaroon ng benefit package. Hindi lang kami magkasundo kung ano yun dahil napakalaki ng relapse rate which is over 50 percent [It is PhilHealth’s mandate to include it in our benefit package. We’re still in the process of studying the relapse rate which is over 50%]," Padilla said.

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