Magbayad kayo! Angara to PhilHealth: Settle your obligations to hospitals

Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday reminded the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to settle all of its obligations, particularly to the private hospitals, which have accumulated to billions of pesos over time.

The chair of the Senate finance committeee took note of the increase in the government subsidies provided to PhilHealth—from P71.3 billion in 2021 to P79.9 billion in 2022.

In spite of the complaints lodged against PhilHealth for its delayed reimbursements of claims by the hospitals, Angara said the increase in subsidies was necessary to ensure that all Filipinos are covered by health insurance under the Universal Health Care law.

“Universal health care is already a problem to fund even before the pandemic, so we should aim to increase that funding over time to cover the entire country,” Angara said.

He said PhilHealth should act faster in processing the claims of the hospitals, which at one point was pegged at around P20 billion.

The delays in the settlement of the claims has led to fears of possible downscaling of operations of the affected hospitals and even closures depending on their financial health.

Recently, many of these private hospitals have also aired their intention to end their partnership with PhilHealth because of the delayed payment of claims.

“In the end, all of these issues, if not addressed, will adversely affect the patients, particularly the less fortunate who will have fewer options for their health care requirements,” Angara said.

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