AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) In a bid to hasten the enhancement of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) benefits, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee filed House Bill (HB) No. 11297, which sought to...
Quimbo justifies Romualdez's call for 1-year moratorium on PhilHealth premiums Pointing to its surplus of funds, Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo is prodding the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (PPAB) House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong has raised certain hospitals' alleged practice of jacking up bills of patients once they reveal that...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (PPAB) Citing its harmful effects, Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is urging the House of Representatives to look into the unpaid hospital reimbursement claims amounting to...
Members of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) may now avail of outpatient emergency care services for unexpected life-threatening medical emergencies, PhilHealth president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Ledesma said. Ledesma disclosed this during a Senate...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee has renewed his call for the Department of Health (DOH) to fast-track the provision of medical equipment to public hospitals in order to...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa was ordered to ensure that the delivery of services by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is unhampered. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. meets with Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa and other Cabinet members at the...
Senator Loren Legarda (Senate PRIB) Senator Loren Legarda is holding her breath as far as the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) implementation of its recent increases in benefit package is concerned. “Although these...
CEBU CITY – Labor groups here have opposed the proposed zero subsidy for PhilHealth. LABOR groups oppose the proposed zero subsidy for PhilHealth during rally in front of the State health insurer’s office in Cebu City on Thursday, Dec. 26. (MyTVCebu) About 150 members of Partido Manggagawa and...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (Rep. Acidre's Office) Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre said the long-standing inefficiencies in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) are not a new concern, but rather an enduring issue...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB) Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has warned the public to be wary of the disinformation supposedly being spread by a “fear-peddling” doctor, noting its threat to public health....
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, Dec. 20, clarified that the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is a health insurance provider and not a pension program. DOH Secretary and PhilHealth Chairman of the Board Dr. Teodoro J. Herbosa (ARNOLD QUIZOL / MANILA BULLETIN / file...
