The government gave out P42.1 billion in subsidies to 37 state-owned and -controlled corporations and similar entities in 2012, with most of the funds going to those engaged in health, food, power, irrigation and housing projects.
One of the major commitments of the present administration is to provide hundred-percent healthcare coverage for all Filipinos. Getting sick and being able to afford the required treatment is a key concern of the average Filipino whose earnings are barely enough for the other basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing and children’s education. There’s practically nothing left in the family budget for healthcare such that when someone gets sick, they have to sell belongings and/or ask for financial assistance from relatives and friends.
Senator Ralph Recto on Tuesday proposed that more than half of the P40 billion additional revenue that is expected to be collected from increased “sin” taxes should be released directly to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp., or PhilHealth).
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will pay for kidney transplant procedures of members and their dependents suffering from end-stage renal disease.
Philhealth members who need a kidney transplant at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) will be provided with access to evidence-based treatment protocols and high-quality anti-organ rejection medicines.
The state-run Social Security System and PhilHealth are expanding their services for the poor, hoping to cover more indigent families as well as the informal sectors, officials said on Friday.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue has directed the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. to withhold income tax payments of doctors in an effort to collect more income tax from professionals. The BIR ruled through Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 38-2011 that PhilHealth payouts on members’, covering doctor’s professional fees as well as hospital facility fees, are subject [...]
