People should be at the center of UHC, so population coverage should be prioritized, especially for the most disadvantaged groups. The Philippines’ UHC law mandates that all Filipinos be given immediate access to the country’s national health insurance benefits through the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), irrespective of pre-existing membership. This brief outlines how the population coverage of PhilHealth has improved through the years and how the UHC law aims to sustain and extend these gains.
ThinkWell produced this report under the Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.