Filipinos can now get up to P20,000 worth of essential outpatient medicines every year through a new nationwide program of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
The enhanced PhilHealth Guaranteed and Accessible Medications for Outpatient Treatment or PhilHealth GAMOT covers 75 types of medications for common conditions, including infections, asthma, diabetes, high cholesterol, high
blood pressure, heart diseases, and nervous system disorders.
GAMOT is part of the larger PhilHealth Yaman ng Kalusugan Program para mailayo sa sakit ang bawat Pilipino or YAKAP initiative,
“Based on our data, one of the biggest out-of-pocket expenses of our fellow Filipinos is for what we call medical goods… In other words, medicines and medical supplies that we spend on after being discharged from the hospital,” PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Edwin Mercado said.
The GAMOT package expands on the initial 21 free medicines under the Konsulta benefits package with an additional 54, and will take effect on Aug. 21.
The entire list of free medicines can be found in this PhilHealth circular https://www.philhealth.gov.ph/circulars/2025/PC2025-0013.pdf.
To avail of the new GAMOT package, register as a beneficiary of the PhilHealth’s YAKAP program.
The registration can be done through the eGovPH app, the PhilHealth member online portal, at PhilHealth offices, or through other channels.
Beneficiaries must then get a prescription from a YAKAP or PhilHealth-accredited physician before they can avail of the free medicines at any GAMOT facility.
Any government-issued ID and the doctor’s prescription must be presented at the clinic.
Mercado said there are 4,300 GAMOT partner clinics where PhilHealth members may avail of the new benefit.
For those in Metro Manila, they may also avail of the new benefit in GAMOT partner pharmacies.
Mercado explained that the GAMOT pharmacies are only available in Metro Manila, but more will be added in the coming days.
