‘Senate backs PhilHealth premium cut to 3%’

Amid calls to reduce Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) member contributions from five percent to four, Sen. JV Ejercito revealed yesterday that the Senate is supportive of lowering it even further down to three percent. “Let’s see if it is possible,”

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Ejercito said, adding the Senate is also waiting on PhilHealth for its actuarial computation on the supposed contribution of its members.

“My proposal is four percent (contribution). Also, if it’s really possible – I’m also waiting for the computation, because actuarial computation is difficult to handle – I’m also waiting for PhilHealth, if they can, the Senate is probably going toward supporting the three percent (contribution), but let’s see,” he said in an interview over dzBB. The PhilHealth contribution rate is the percentage of a person’s earnings that goes toward paying their PhilHealth premiums to be covered under health insurance.