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https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/10/2369020/philhealth-clarifies-fund-transfer-national-government

Ignored and forgotten by legislators, government officials, workers, and its beneficiaries, the Employees’ Compensation Commission is a lost national social insurance institution that is now seldom mentioned despite its growing and very liquid assets of P45 billion.

MANILA – State subsidy to government owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) jumped in June because of a huge increase in the financial support given Philhealth.

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) on Tuesday expressed doubts over the claim of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) that 81 percent of Filipinos had so far been enrolled in the government’s universal healthcare program.

MANILA – President Aquino has signed Republic Act 10606 or the National Health Insurance Act of 2013, the law providing mandatory health care for all Filipinos.

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has vowed to deliver higher benefit payments and improved services to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their dependents, in return for a contribution of less than P3.50 per day, or P1,200 yearly.

LAWMAKERS have pressed for a thorough congressional probe on the real financial status of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. following a controversial circular issued by the health insurance agency which effectively made it nearly impossible for local government units to sustain payment of premiums for their beneficiaries.

PHILHEALTH will tap its P90-billion reserve fund to increase its members’ health benefits by reducing their out-of-pocket expenses during hospitalization, chief executive Eduardo Banzon said Wednesday.

A NUMBER of lawmakers have warned that the benefits provided by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) would dry up in light of the P39.4 billion allocated for the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program and the fixed rates of the new PhilHealth payment scheme.

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has increased the benefit coverage for normal spontaneous deliveries of pregnant women in accredited lying-in clinics and level 1 hospitals from P6,500 to P8,000 starting last Sept. 1.

MANILA, Philippines — Beginning September 1, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will apply a new rate payment according to illness in 11 medical and 12 surgical cases in all accredited healthcare institutions nationwide.

MANILA, Philippines – A House bill seeks to expand the coverage of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to include 38 million poor Filipinos. House Bill 4150, principally authored by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., would be calendared for floor deliberation when Congress resumes session on July 25.

MANILA, Philippines – Former presidential economic adviser and now Albay Gov. Joey Salceda has welcomed President Aquino’s recent move to double Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s coverage, saying this would significantly reduce the expenditures of households for hospitalization and outpatient medical maintenance.