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The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation on Wednesday said it will increase the rate of its benefit packages by another 30% before the year ends. PhilHealth President and CEO Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. made the commitment during the deliberations of the House Committee on Appropriations on the proposed budget of the Department of Health for 2025. “Currently, Madam Chair, we are in the process of studying another round of 30% almost across the board,” Ledesma said.
On February 14 this year, the state health insurer implemented an up to 30% increase in all its benefit case packages to lessen the out-of-pocket expenses for Filipinos availing of health care services using PhilHealth.Under Circular No. 2024-0001, PhilHealth adopted an inflation adjustment factor of 30% for existing case rates to account for price changes over the past decade.
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