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PhilHealth was initially allocated a P74-billion subsidy in the 2025 national expenditure program, but the bicameral conference committee removed the item because of an unspent P600-billion ...
PhilHealth also pays for exit site infection and peritonitis prevention care. These can be availed at any of the 51 accredited PD providers nationwide. Z Package for Kidney Transplantation now covers ...
Ledesma said that as of October 2024, PhilHealth has a surplus of P150 billion and a total reserve of P281 billion, complemented by an investment fund nearing P489 billion as of November 2024. "These ...
MANILA. Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) clarified on Friday that the controversial P138-million budget exposed by a critic was meant for its anniversary next ...
Senator Hontiveros pointed out that PhilHealth Charter, Sin Tax Law, and Universal Healthcare Act mandate that a portion of taxes must be allocated to PhilHealth – irrespective of surplus funds.
MANILA, Philippines — State medical insurer PhilHealth will receive no government subsidy in the proposed 2025 national budget, the bicameral conference committee announced on Wednesday ...
The country’s largest business group called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to increase the health-care benefits and expand illness coverage amid what it called ...
PhilHealth already gave P20 billion back to the general fund on May 10. Three more transfers are set: P10 billion on Aug. 21, P30 billion on Oct. 16, and P30 billion on May 26, 2025.
Just how easily government officials can fiddle with funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) was on full display last week, when its president Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. raised the ...