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PhilHealth warns Congress, budget officials: benefit cost baseline has tripled, funding model must change

PhilHealth is sounding the alarm on the long-term sustainability of its benefit expansion program, with its president and chief executive officer warning that the current pace of growth in benefit costs cannot be maintained beyond 2026 without a fundamental shift in how the country’s health financing system is structured. Dr. Edwin Mercado raised the concern in an interview on DZRH News program…

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