MANILA — Health Secretary Dr. Enrique Ona on Monday said that the number of indigent families enrolled under the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is now at 13.7 million.
In a briefing held at the Department of Health-National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) office in Mandaluyong City, Ona said that from 5.2 million poor families recorded in 2012, PhilHealth has more than doubled the number of its members.
“The number of poor Filipinos- who we consider the poorest of our people, are now covered by PhilHealth through a subsidy from the national government,” he said.
Ona was also delighted to announce that since the DOH was starting the year with a bigger budget of P87.1 billion, wider health coverage will be provided for all Filipinos.
“We are paying for a lot of hospital care with No-Balanced-Billing,” the health chief said.
Under PhilHealth’s No-Balance-Billing scheme, sponsored members confined in government hospitals will not be required to shell out for hospitalization.
Many individuals were able to receive treatment from the NBB scheme such a five-year-old boy who was treated for dengue and a pandesal vendor’s wife who was treated from endodermal sinus tumor (EST) or yolk sac tumor (YST) last year. –Azer N. Parrocha, Philippines News Agency
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against
Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
