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LEE TO FOCUS ON FILIPINO HEALTHCARE WINS

Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee wants the positive result of fiscalizing the Department of Health (DOH) budget and its attached agencies acknowledged instead of focusing on the mic scuffle between him and House Senior Deputy Minority Leader Cong. Paul Daza.  It can be recalled that during the House plenary deliberation of the DOH budget on […]

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PHILHEALTH GIVES SOUTH COTABATO P87M FOR UHC USE

PhilHealth Regional Office (PRO) XII continues to sustain the steady implementation of Universal Health Care (UHC) in South Cotabato with the release of the second tranche of Frontload Capitation Fund for Primary Care Provider Network (PCPN) in the province amounting to P87,418,340. This is in addition to the initial capitation of P53 million turned over […]

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HOUSE SUSPENDS DELIBERATIONS ON DOH BUDGET

Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee on Monday deferred the House plenary deliberations on the proposed 2025 budget of the Department of Health (DOH) and its attached agencies, including the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) due to inaction and lack of specific plans to reduce the out-of-pocket expenses of Filipinos on medical services. During the House […]

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LEE SLAMS DOH INACTION ON PHILHEALTH BENEFITS HIKE

Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee lamented the lack of urgency and inaction of the Department of Health (DOH) on pressing healthcare issues such as the slow implementation of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) benefits increase and non-inclusion of costly diagnostic tests in the urgent care packages despite the state health insurer’s billions of available funds. […]

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PHILHEALTH HIKES HEMODIALYSIS PACKAGE RATE

Secretary of Health and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Board Chair Ted Herbosa, following guidance from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., presided over a decision of the PhilHealth Board of Directors to increase the Corporation’s package rate for Hemodialysis again, from the recently implemented P4,000 per session to P6,350. Herbosa earlier convened the Benefits Committee (Bencom) […]

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PHILHEALTH TOLD: REDEFINE ‘INDIGENT’ IN COVERAGE

Senate President Chiz Escudero called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to rethink what it means to be indigent when it comes to the health requirements of Filipinos. Insofar as the health of people is concerned, Escudero said being indigent takes on a whole different meaning. “Any person who is sick or who has […]

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FIGHT FOR HIGHER PHILHEALTH BENEFITS GAINS SUPPORT

Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee welcomed the outpouring of support from individuals, personalities, groups and netizens in demanding the Department of Health (DOH) to fast-track the implementation of more increases in Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) benefits and the inclusion of costly diagnostic tests and scans in the state health insurer’s benefit packages.  During the […]

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LEE HITS DOH OVER SLOW HIKE IN PHILHEALTH BENEFITS

“Napakatagal na nga, tingi-tingi pa ang benepisyong sinasagot ng PhilHealth. Manhid na ba tayo?” This was the statement of Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee as he questioned the Department of Health (DOH) over the slow implementation of more increases in health benefits covered by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Lee pointed out that with […]

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PHILHEALTH URGED: SCRAP SINGLE CONFINEMENT POLICY

“Dapat masanay kang tumulong sa mahihirap,” Senate Committee on Health Chairperson Senator Bong Go said as he urged Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) CEO and President Emmanuel Ledesma, Jr., to scrap its single period of confinement policy. A single period of confinement, according to PhilHealth Circular No. 0035, series of 2013, means admissions and readmissions […]

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LEE WANTS ANOTHER 30% HIKE IN PHILHEALTH BENEFITS

Amid the transfer of the P89.9 billion excess funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to the national treasury, Cong. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee filed House Resolution No. 1900, urging the state health insurer to implement another round of 30% increase in all its benefit packages and coverage. Lee’s HR 1900 seeks to determine […]