Health-care professionals, labor groups and communities are asking lawmakers to defer amendments to Republic Act No. 11223, or the Universal Health Care Act. They warned that ...

Economic advocacy group Action for Economic Reforms (AER) backs the Department of Finance’s (DOF) stance to retain Philippine ...

He argued that the zero subsidy violated Filipinos ... If the national budget is implemented as is and PhilHealth’s excess funds are utilized for its operation, Leachon argued it would ...

The Supreme Court (SC) was asked to declare unconstitutional the provision in the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) that declared a zero budget for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ...

“Make sure that services of PhilHealth remain unhampered … it (zero budget) should not affect the delivery of healthcare services,” he said, highlighting the agency’s vital role in providing ...

Marcos, who signed the budget law on Dec. 30 last year, earlier justified Congress’ decision to remove the subsidy, noting ...

What does zero subsidy for PhilHealth mean? Well, it could mean four things ... To remember, Leachon, a health reform advocate, accused PhilHealth of having P138 million as budget for its Christmas ...

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto maintained Monday that the operating budget of state insurer PhilHealth is enough despite zero government subsidy for fiscal year 2025. At a Palace press briefing ...

This was according to a letter shared by the Action for Economic Reform (AER) and a statement issued by the Makati Business Club (MBC) questioning the zero budget for PhilHealth, the state health ...

As for the zero subsidy for PhilHealth under the ratified budget bill for 2025, the President said he is okay with it as the state insurer has substantial reserves. “PhilHealth has P500 billion in ...

IN a Senate hearing on Wednesday, December 18, presided over by Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, concerns over the Philippine Health Insurance ...

Hindi tayo pwedeng magkasakit sa panahong ito, bakit? Naka-zero budget ang PhilHealth. Ikaw na kinakaltasan monthly, hindi mo mapapakinabangan ang PhilHealth mo.” (We need to hold off on getting ...