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PHIC Questions
How much does PHIC get from PAGCOR, sin tax, govt subsidy etc? Can you provide a breakdown?
How much more can the PHIC get if they increase the contribution to 5%?
What’s the percentage of people who are direct contributors to indirect contributors?
How much does an average person cost PHIC per year? For a direct contributor? Indirect?
When lawmakers pass a bill to add PHIC benefits, do they consult you?
According to the IRR, a person who miss payments will have to pay the missed contributions when
he/she renews. Do you think this affects membership rates of those who are unemployed and have their
own business?
How long can the PHIC budget last? According to a television interview, I saw that it can only last until
2024?
Funds in excess of the 2 years are supposed to be invested according to the IRR. How much is the excess
and where did you invest the money?
Doctors who want to be accredited with PhilHealth are taxed thrice. Once during the accreditation,
which is 18k a year, during the PhilHealth contribution which is 5% of their income, and income tax
during consults, etc. Why is that?
When was the last time this was increased? Does this increase periodically or whenever PHIC decides to
increase?
According to the news, there are some hospitals who did not accredit with PhilHealth because PHIC was
not able to pay them. What’s the number of hospitals that exited?
There’s a suggestion to include telemedicine to the PHIC benefits. How can PHIC be able to afford it
when there’s still outstanding debt to hospitals?