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PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assured that services provided by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will remain unaffected despite lawmakers rejecting its proposed 2025 budget.Marcos said that no member, including seniors, the poor, or the middle class, would lose any benefits.“I would like to just assure everybody, huwag niyong inaalala na mababawasan ang serbisyo kahit na kanino. Para sa senior, para sa mga mahirap, para sa middle class, walang mababawasan kahit isang kusing,” Marcos said. (I would like to assure everyone, do not worry that services will be reduced for anyone. For seniors, the poor, and the middle class, not even a single cent will be cut.)This follows the bicameral conference committee’s rejection of PhilHealth’s P74 billion budget due to the insurer having P600 billion in unused funds.
Marcos assures PhilHealth services unaffected despite budget rejection. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.MANILA. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.Photo from Bongbong Marcos FacebookThird Anne Peralta-MalonzoThird Anne Peralta-MalonzoPublished on: Dec 19, 2024, 5:21 pmPRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assured that services provided by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will remain unaffected despite lawmakers rejecting its proposed 2025 budget.Marcos said that no member, including seniors, the poor, or the middle class, would lose any benefits.“I would like to just assure everybody, huwag niyong inaalala na mababawasan ang serbisyo kahit na kanino. Para sa senior, para sa mga mahirap, para sa middle class, walang mababawasan kahit isang kusing,” (I would like to assure everyone, do not worry that services will be reduced for anyone. For seniors, the poor, and the middle class, not even a single cent will be cut.)This follows the bicameral conference committee’s rejection of PhilHealth’s P74 billion budget due to the insurer having P600 billion in unused funds.ADVERTISEMENTMarcos also assured that measures will be taken to expand PhilHealth’s services and increase insurance claim payments in 2025.“Dadagdagan natin ‘yan in 2025. Mas dadami pa ang magiging serbisyo na ibinibigay ng PhilHealth. Mas lalaki pa ang magiging payment na ibibigay sa insurance claim,” Marcos said.(We will increase that in 2025. PhilHealth will provide more services, and the payments for insurance claims will also be higher.)
