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[Title] => PhilHealth expands leptospirosis coverage
[Summary] => The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. is expanding its leptospirosis benefit package for moderate and severe cases, according to Malacañang.
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[Title] => PhilHealth defers eKonsulta shutdown
[Summary] => The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. has postponed the deactivation of the eKonsulta system that will replace its expanded primary care package, Yaman ng Kalusugan Program or Yakap.
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[Title] => 75 health groups buck tiered PhilHealth benefits
[Summary] => Seventy-five national health care professional organizations are opposing the proposal to provide different benefit packages for direct and indirect contributors to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp..
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[Title] => Healthcare costs in Philippines push Filipinos to work abroad, report finds
[Summary] => A Boston Consulting Group report says 64% of families cannot afford a P10,000 hospital bill without incurring debt.
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[Title] => Group appeals dismissal of graft raps over PhilHealth fund diversion
[Summary] => A group of doctors and lawyers has urged the Office of the Ombudsman to reconsider its dismissal of the plunder and graft complaints lodged against Executive Secretary Ralph Recto and former Philippine Health Insurance Corp. chief Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. over the diversion of P60 billion reserve funds of the state health insurer to the national treasury.
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[Title] => Marcos Jr.: Probe PhilHealth benefit denial claim
[Summary] => President Marcos has ordered an investigation into the claims of a widow that her husband was denied benefits from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.
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[Title] => EDITORIAL — PhilHealth better get its act together
[Summary] => PhilHealth is in the spotlight again for the wrong reasons.
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[Title] => PhilHealth fund return lifts GOCC subsidies in April
[Summary] => The government’s restoration of P60 billion in “excess funds” to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) sent subsidies to state-run firms surging more than fourfold in April, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said.
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[Title] => PhilHealth, tumugon sa viral post ng ginang na namatayan ng mister
[Summary] => Kaagad na tumugon ang Philippine Health Insurance Corp. sa viral post ng isang ginang na namatayan ng asawa dahil sa brain hematoma matapos na hindi mapa-operahan ang asawa at pinagkaitan pa umano ng tulong ng state insurer.
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[Title] => PhilHealth says it is rushing to act after widow’s denied benefits complaint
[Summary] => PhilHealth said that it mobilized upon learning of the incident to “understand and address the situation.”
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[DatePublished] => 2026-07-07 00:00:00
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[Title] => PhilHealth defers eKonsulta shutdown
[Summary] => The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. has postponed the deactivation of the eKonsulta system that will replace its expanded primary care package, Yaman ng Kalusugan Program or Yakap.
[DatePublished] => 2026-07-03 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva
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[Title] => 75 health groups buck tiered PhilHealth benefits
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[Title] => Healthcare costs in Philippines push Filipinos to work abroad, report finds
[Summary] => A Boston Consulting Group report says 64% of families cannot afford a P10,000 hospital bill without incurring debt.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-19 16:18:00
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[Title] => Group appeals dismissal of graft raps over PhilHealth fund diversion
[Summary] => A group of doctors and lawyers has urged the Office of the Ombudsman to reconsider its dismissal of the plunder and graft complaints lodged against Executive Secretary Ralph Recto and former Philippine Health Insurance Corp. chief Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. over the diversion of P60 billion reserve funds of the state health insurer to the national treasury.
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[Title] => Marcos Jr.: Probe PhilHealth benefit denial claim
[Summary] => President Marcos has ordered an investigation into the claims of a widow that her husband was denied benefits from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-18 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1804761
[AuthorName] => Helen Flores
[SectionName] => Nation
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[Title] => EDITORIAL — PhilHealth better get its act together
[Summary] => PhilHealth is in the spotlight again for the wrong reasons.
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[Title] => PhilHealth fund return lifts GOCC subsidies in April
[Summary] => The government’s restoration of P60 billion in “excess funds” to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) sent subsidies to state-run firms surging more than fourfold in April, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said.
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => PhilHealth, tumugon sa viral post ng ginang na namatayan ng mister
[Summary] => Kaagad na tumugon ang Philippine Health Insurance Corp. sa viral post ng isang ginang na namatayan ng asawa dahil sa brain hematoma matapos na hindi mapa-operahan ang asawa at pinagkaitan pa umano ng tulong ng state insurer.
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[Title] => PhilHealth says it is rushing to act after widow’s denied benefits complaint
[Summary] => PhilHealth said that it mobilized upon learning of the incident to “understand and address the situation.”
[DatePublished] => 2026-06-14 15:53:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1807953
[AuthorName] => Ian Laqui
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