The Philippines, admittedly, has a long way to go before it can lay claim to having universal healthcare coverage. This is not to say, however, that nothing is being done at this front. In fact, ...

The health-care arm of tycoon Manuel Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. has partnered with health maintenance organization Medicard to establish a “preferred status” program to ...

MediCard Philippines Inc. is exploring a sale that could fetch as much as $400 million for the business, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The closely-held health-care company is ...

SINGAPORE — A one-time-use healthcare card that costs S$10 but carries a S$30 value was launched on Wednesday (Aug 31), to help low-income families defray the costs of visiting general ...

Through BUx, MediCard members can now pay for their coverage through payment channels such as online banking, credit/debit card payments, e-wallets, and over-the-counter transactions.

Q. I will turn age 65 in 2011. Will Social Security send me Medicare information or do I need to investigate on my own? Where can I find Medicare information? A. If you receive monthly Social ...

Under the partnership, MediCard will use UBX’s end-to-end payment gateway BUx and the transact-now-pay-later solution Splix to provide members with flexible payment options, UBX said in a statement.

With BUx, MediCard members can now pay for their coverage through various channels including online banking, credit/debit card payments, e-wallets, and over-the-counter transactions.

And MediCard has been through this before. “Ultimately, the one thing about MediCard is we want to make sure that everything is fair and transparent, that you will be able to access health care in the ...

MediCard is among the largest HMOs in the Philippines with over 920,000 members and nationwide coverage in 523 hospitals and 641 clinics engaged with the services of 23,000 doctors and 817 dentists.