out-of-pocket spending

Overwhelmingly underfunded

November 8, 2025

“As I was being wheeled out of the hospital, I took vivid mental note of the institution’s decrepit condition – details I may have overlooked while receiving care from our underpaid health workers.”

Reducing PhilHealth’s finances only makes it more difficult to meet its already unmet targets

February 25, 2025

Related: The implications on the right to health and the people of issues raised in GR Nos 274778, 275405, and 276233

The spiteful fangs of Putol

November 17, 2023

Little did I know that my run-in with Putol would put me through the stresses of the Philippine health system.