PhilHealth to push through with contribution hike this year

Andrea Taguines, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - The Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) will push through with its planned contribution hike this year. </p><p>The state-led health insurer said that from the current 4 percent, the premium rate will go up to 5 percent as mandated by the law. </p><p>But PhilHealth President and CEO Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. also said that if Malacañang decides to suspend the implementation of the contribution hike, the agency will comply.</p><p>PhilHealth earlier said it plans to increase the coverage of its benefit packages by up to 30 percent.</p><p>The agency said the hike in benefits is aimed at helping Filipinos cope with rising medical costs brought about by inflation.</p><p>A group of employers however said they are not in favor of any Philhealth contribution increase as the agency remains beset by problems with many beneficiaries remaining unpaid. </p><p>More details to follow.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/27/23/philhealth-to-increase-coverage-of-benefits-next-year">PhilHealth to increase coverage of benefits next year</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/27/23/employers-workers-still-waiting-for-word-on-philhealth-pag-ibig-hikes">Employers, workers still waiting for word on PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG hikes</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2826931" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

PhilHealth said that from the current 4 percent, the premium rate will go up to 5 percent as mandated by the law. 

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PhilHealth to push through with contribution hike this year

PhilHealth to push through with contribution hike this year

Andrea Taguines,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jan 12, 2024 12:32 PM PHT

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