IKOT.PH
Senator Pia Cayetano has expressed support for calls to uphold the mandatory allocation of sin tax revenues to PhilHealth, following the agency’s zero budget in the 2025 national appropriations. A petition was filed before the Supreme Court questioning the same by the Medical Action Group and Social Watch Philippines, which asserts that the government violated […]
Senator Bong Go renewed his call for the proper and full implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law, condemning what he described as a morally questionable move by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to return billions in unused funds to the National Treasury despite the program’s glaring underfunding. “‘Yun ang concern ko rito. […]
Senator Bong Go reiterated his call for stronger efforts from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to ensure that every Filipino is fully aware of their membership status and benefits due to them under the Universal Health Care (UHC) law. As Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, Go emphasized the need for […]
Thirty years of protecting Filipinos’ health took center stage along EDSA’s southbound lane as the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), in partnership with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and Boysen Philippines unveiled a 300-meter mural titled “Payong ng Kapanatagan”. The “Payong” (umbrella) is symbolic of PhilHealth’s role in Universal Health Care. Like an umbrella […]
On Labor Day, AGRI Party-list called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHeath) to continuously implement radical expansion on its health packages to benefit its members, many of whom are workers, to ease their burden and their families. “Nagtatrabaho tayo para mabuhay at maiangat ang kalidad ng pamumuhay ng ating pamilya. Nagbibigay tayo ng kontribusyon […]
Senator Pia Cayetano strongly criticized the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) for its plan to cover only 18% of hospital costs by 2025, labeling the target as a “joke” that undermines the principles of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law, which aims to provide health coverage to all Filipinos through PhilHealth. During recent Supreme Court […]
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III called on the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to strengthen the implementation of the Konsulta Package so that more Filipinos can benefit from it. According to Pimentel, despite the program being available since 2020, very few Filipinos are aware of it or able […]
In response to the Department of Health (DOH) sounding the alarm over the persistently high number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the country, AGRI Party-list Rep. Manoy Wilbert Lee is calling on Filipinos to take full advantage of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) Konsulta Package for the early detection and diagnosis of TB and […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Manoy Wilbert Lee blasted the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation amid complaints of patients over the failure to implement PhilHealth’s Outpatient Emergency Care Benefit (OECB) package. The OECB package, which took effect in January this year under PhilHealth Circular No. 2024-0033, covers all outpatient services and commodities provided in PhilHealth-accredited healthcare facilities—rendered at […]
Senator Bong Go welcomed the expanded Animal Bite Treatment (ABT) package now being offered by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Go called it a timely and necessary intervention as animal bite cases are expected to rise during the hot and dry season. As Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, the legislator underscored the […]