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THE Department of Budget and Management has proposed a P101.51 billion budget for the National Health Insurance Program of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. in 2024, an increase of P1.28 billion from the current budget.This is to allow the state insurer to cater to an increased number of beneficiaries as well as to more than double the annual premium rate for persons with disability to P5,000 from the current P2,400.
31 million indigent and financially incapacitated patients who are unable to afford nor access quality healthcare services,” saidPangandaman.The proposed PhilHealth program benefits are expected to reach some 12.75 million indigent members as identified by the National Household Targeting System under the Department of Social Welfare and Development, as well as 8.26 million senior citizens. Senior citizens were granted mandatory PhilHealth coverage under Republic Act 10645 of 2014.
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