PhilHealth Chief Emphasizes Primary Care for Benefit Expansion

PhilHealth chief: Working primary care system key to expanding benefits

MANILA, Philippines — With the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) being pushed to keep expanding its benefit packages, a “working primary care system” is needed to ensure its long-term sustainability, according to the state-run insurer’s new chief. “Dialysis takes up 15 percent or more of our benefit payouts. But the reality is, do we really

By dsanchez