The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) expects to implement another round of 30-percent increase in all its benefit packages to reduce out-of-pocket expenses of PhilHealth beneficiaries.
According to Filane Mikee Cervantes reported in the Philippine News Agency, PhilHealth implemented a 30-percent increase in the coverage rates of most of its benefit packages in February 2024. This move aims to reduce the out-of-pocket medical expenses of Filipinos.
During a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the proposed 2025 budget for the Department of Health, it was announced that further increases in health benefits are expected by the end of the year.
“We are in the process of studying another round of 30 percent [increase] almost across-the-board. I can commit to this Committee that this will happen before Christmas Day,” Emmanuel Ledesma Jr., PhilHealth President and CEO said.
The article also added that PhilHealth funds are sufficient to support the expansion of benefit packages.
