The House of Representatives on Monday approved a bill reducing the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) premium contribution rate to 3.5% from 5% on third and final reading. House ...

Erstwhile Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president Emmanuel Ledesma resigned because he might have found the job difficult President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said. Marcos has ...

Any sort of diminution of PhilHealth benefits will affect the poor, low-income, and even middle class households the worst,' says Sonny Africa, executive director of Ibon Foundation MANILA, ...

Edwin Mercado, who has 35 years of experience in hospital management, took his oath as the new PhilHealth chief before Marcos yesterday at Malacañang, according to the Presidential Communications ...

More specifically, Lazaro-Javier pointed out that PhilHealth has prioritized investments over program benefits and lower member contributions, while also applying a different internal ...

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Loren Legarda has filed a groundbreaking bill seeking to recognize and reward the loyalty of long-term PhilHealth contributors, aiming to address long-standing ...

SEN. Bong Go on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of Dr. Edwin Mercado as president and CEO of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). "As chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and ...

New PhilHealth chief Edwin Mercado obtained his medical degree from the University of the Philippines in 1987 and his Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery from Harvard Medical ...

Juan Antonio Perez III, former executive director of the Commission on Population and Development, said the claim of PhilHealth having “excess funds” is misleading and therefore, the transfer ...

(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Dr. Edwin Mercado, a US-trained orthopedic surgeon, as president and chief executive officer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), ...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) in Eastern Visayas has disbursed a record P5.6 billion in claims in 2024, ...

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is mulling to implement reforms like digitalization and benefit expansion in a pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) system following the appointment of Dr ...