it is my first time to pay for SSS (Social Security System)
By hotsummer
@hotsummer (13919)
Philippines
May 2, 2012 10:21pm CST
I actually don't know the full benefits of this one. I am just applying as a volunteer and i have to pay 300 pesos monthly. or maybe about $8 monthly. so that my parents would get something as benefits every time they were hospitalised. it is a small amount to pay. but i hope that my parents won't get hospitalized any more again. that they would stay health always.
1 response
@jureathome (5361)
• Philippines
5 May 12
You can go to their website at www.sss.gov.ph and find information on the benefits you are entitled to as a member. 300 pesos is good enough. I pay for my mother's sss membership, quarterly, and I think it's on the same bracket. She's on it for 7 years now, so in about 3 years more, she can already start getting that monthly pension from SSS, since she's just turned 60. We haven't used her account for loans, yet, but we plan to, soon.
I will also be changing my status from employed to voluntary, since I already stopped working, and I would have to continue paying a monthly premium of more than 1,500 pesos.
Do you also have philhealth? That could help in your parents' medical needs.
