Bacolod SP urges PhilHealth to ease ’24-hour confinement’ rule for long-time contributors

Bacolod SP pushes PhilHealth reforms to protect long-time contributors

BACOLOD City — The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here is urging the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to review and liberalize its benefit eligibility policies to better protect long-time contributors who die or become critically ill shortly after hospital admission. The SP recently approved a resolution calling on PhilHealth to amend its policies covering members whose […]

Bacolod SP urges PhilHealth to ease ’24-hour confinement’ rule for long-time contributors

The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod  has approved a resolution requesting the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to review, amend, and liberalize its benefit eligibility policies for long-time contributors who pass away or suffer critical illness within 24 hours of hospital confinement. The resolution was principally authored by Acting Vice Mayor Caesar Distrito and co-authored by Councilor […]