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PhilHealth to abolish single confinement policy by end of September   

Kaycee Valmonte, writing for Rappler; The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will soon scrap its single confinement policy. PhilHealth President Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. told a Senate panel on Tuesday, September 10, that they are committed to making the changes needed “before month-end.” This is great news to all PhilHealth members. This means that if a patient was confined due to diarrhea in September and had PhilHealth cover the expenses, the patient has to shoulder the…

PhilHealth premiums for OFW is only voluntary for the duration of the pandemic

Even though it was reported that President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs, it appears that this only true during the COVID-19 pandemic but R.A. 11223 a.k.a. Universal Health Care Act of 2019 will still be enforced once the country is in the clear. PhilHealth did reiterates that the Universal Health Care Act of 2019 is “pending amendments of the Law, if any, by the Congress of the Republic…

President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs via ABS-CBN News

This is great news for OFWs. JUST IN: President Duterte directs PhilHealth to make the payment of premiums voluntary for OFWs, his spokesman Harry Roque says. | via @arianne_merez pic.twitter.com/RJXuTcQyYD — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) May 4, 2020 Roque: Inanunsyo na po ni Sec Duque ng DOH na sinususpinde po n'ya ang item sa IRR ng Universal Health Care na nagpapataw ng mas mataas na kontribusyon habang meron tayong problema sa #COVID19 | via @pia_gutierrez —…