A few days ago I watched some Youtube videos on the Philhealth controversy. It was an eye-opener.


The Problem that is Philhealth

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) finally confirmed that it is pushing through its plan to raise the current premium rates from four to five percent Friday, January 12.

PHILHEALTH CONFIRMS CONTRIBUTIONS HIKE FOR 2024

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto is facing mounting pressure to reverse his directive requiring the state health insurer, Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), to transfer excess funds to the national treasury.

Recto urged to reverse PhilHealth fund transfer

For faster processing of benefits

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is set to revolutionize the processing of health insurance benefits through the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI).

PhilHealth to utilize AI technology

State-owned Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will begin covering the cost of prescription eyeglasses, crutches, walkers, and wheelchairs for all its members starting January 2025, according to Rep. Erwin Tulfo of the ACT-CIS party-list.

Eyeglasses, wheelchairs now covered by PhilHealth

The Benefits Committee of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has recommended the inclusion of eyeglasses for children aged 5 to 6 in the health package.

PhilHealth Recommends Including Eyeglasses for Children Under 6 in Health Package

It should have been a life-saver. But for many dialysis patients who are now living on borrowed time, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) decision to raise its hemodialysis benefit packages last June might as well have been a sentence of death.

PhilHealth Killer?

Founded on February 14, 1995 under RA 7875 or the National Health Insurance Act (NHI), the law creating the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. promised to provide financial access to quality health care services through a social health insurance program.

PhilHealth no help to Pinoys’ healthcare needs

Amid concerns raised by the Department of Health (DOH) about a potential surge in dengue cases, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has announced an increase in benefits for patients hospitalized due to the viral infection.


PhilHealth raises dengue benefits

Following reports of funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) being channeled to the Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC), medical groups are now urging the government to return the P89.9 billion in PhilHealth’s unused funds.

Groups demand return of PhilHealth funds

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