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The House of Representatives is eyeing a one-year suspension of PhilHealth members’ monthly premium contributions, pending an inquiry to determine if the agency’s financial stability can support such a measure, Speaker Martin Romualdez said. The announcement is part of the House leader’s wide-ranging remarks on the last day of the session of Congress before it […]
The Department of Health (DOH), as supervising agency of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) assured that health benefits of the national health insurance agency will continue with or without subsidy from the forthcoming General Appropriations Act. All of its inpatient, outpatient, and special benefit packages continue to be available. Since August 2024, the PhilHealth […]
Manoy Wilbert “Wise” Lee questioned the removal of government subsidy for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in the 2025 General Appropriations Bill recently approved by the Bicameral Conference Committee. According to Lee, the decision will worsen the burden of direct contributors and affect the beneficiaries of the subsidy such as indigents, senior citizens, unemployed […]
Senator Bong Go, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, has praised the inclusion of dental services in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) healthcare benefit packages. The initiative marks a significant step in expanding universal healthcare access, prioritizing preventive oral healthcare, and fulfilling promises made to the Filipino people. “This is a […]
Manoy Wilbert “Wise” Lee called on the Department of Health (DOH) and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to pay for the unpaid bills of indigent and financially incapacitated patients in private and public hospitals which often result in delayed treatment and denial of care. In filing House Resolution No. 2104, Lee stressed the importance of […]
Manoy Wilbert “Wise” Lee has called on Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa to resign due to failure to address key issues on the country’s healthcare system which he committed during the House budget deliberations. In his filed House Resolution No. 2090, Lee cited the commitments signed by Herbosa and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation […]
Bicol Saro Partylist Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan wants Congress to pass a law that would guarantee the availability of affordable in-patient and outpatient services for all Filipinos struggling with mental health conditions. With the rising cases of mental health disorders in the Philippines, Yamsuan said the government should be both “administratively and financially prepared” to address the growing need […]
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano criticized the outdated Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) packages, which he said no longer account for high inflation and rising healthcare costs. Cayetano directly raised this issue with Health Secretary Ted Herbosa during the Senate plenary debate on the Department of Health’s (DOH) 2025 budget recently arguing that the government’s commitment […]
Just five days after it endorsed five better benefits, Secretary of Health Ted Herbosa chaired another meeting of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Benefits Committee (BenCom) to review a new provider payment mechanism and to improve kidney transplant benefits, for consideration of the PhilHealth Board of Directors (Board). Herbosa presided over the BenCom as […]
Senator Bong Go called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to fulfill its commitment to expanding healthcare benefits under the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act, particularly for mental health services. On October 14, Go’s office received a letter from PhilHealth reaffirming its commitment to enhance its benefit packages, including the rollout of a mental […]