PhilHealth Contribution Hike To Provide Members With “Sustainable Benefits”
PHILHEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS – Recently, the state-run health insurer, PhilHealth, announced a hike in member contribution this 2021.
Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, PhilHealth said it needed to push through the contribution hike in line with the Universal Health Care law. As such, the premium rate of PhilHealth members would be increased to 3.5% of the monthly basic salary from 3.00%.
However, an executive of the firm said that this doesn’t come without added benefits for its members. According to a GMA interview with PhilHealth spokesperson Rey Balen, the hike in premiums meant:
Masu-sustain at mapapalawak pa ang current level ng benefits na tinatamasa hindi lang sa ‘yan sa hospitalization pati sa out-patient po
Furthermore, he added that under the UHC law, premium monthly contributions needed to be adjusted to sustain the benefits from PhilHealth. “Ang gusto po ng UHC Law ay hindi po maging stagnant ang level of benefits dapat ‘yan ay lumalawak at sumusunod sa pangangailangan ng ating mga kababayan“, he added.
Additionally, he emphasized that if you don’t contribute to PhilHealth, it would affect the sustainability of the benefits for other members. He added that we should think of the contributions as an investment into financial protection.
According to an article from GMA, PhilHealth would also begin the implementation of the assignment of every Filipino to primary care provided of their choosing.
Moreover, this new primary assignment platform is set to launch in pilot areas and would be called “Konsulta or “Konsultasyong Sulit at Tama”.
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