US EditionPia Cayetano slams PhilHealth on 18% target coverage by 2025
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Pia Cayetano slams PhilHealth on 18% target coverage by 2025
CEBU CITY, Philippines — “Akala ko joke.” (I thought it was a joke). This was the reaction of Senator Pia Cayetano after learning that PhilHealth Senior Vice President Renato Limsiaco, Jr. stated that the agency aims to cover only 18% of hospitalization costs by 2025 during the recent oral arguments of the Supreme Court on the transfer of PhilHealth’s excess funds to the national treasury. In an interview with Cebu media on Friday, Cayetano crit…
No more PhilHealth 45-day hospitalization limit effective today
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PHilHealth) lifted its 45-day hospitalization limit effective today, Friday, its president and CEO Edwin M. Mercado said, allowing Filipinos with serious illnesses or chronic conditions to stay in hospitals longer to avail of their services. "The 45-day benefit limit is an outdated cost-containment strategy. It is high time that we change it. We cannot always predict or schedule our me…
SC justice Lopez: PhilHealth covered P50,000 of my P7-M hospital bill
Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Jhosep Lopez has shared that the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) only covered a small portion of his almost P7-million hospital bill after he underwent treatment for esophageal cancer years ago.
PhilHealth targeting 18% coverage amid scrutiny over excess funds
State health insurer PhilHealth plans to cover 18% of hospital costs incurred by Filipinos by 2025, with a goal of increasing coverage to 28% by 2028, according to its Senior Vice President Renato Limsiaco Jr.
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