The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Monday committed to continue providing health benefits for Filipinos nationwide, assuring the public that it has enough funds to do so. PhilHealth made the pronouncement after the bicameral conference committee decided to completely cut its P74.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R.Marcos Jr. on Monday defended the removal of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) P74-billion subsidy for 2025, citing its remaining reserves. In a chance interview,

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, December 16, defended the move to give PhilHealth zero subsidy in the 2025 national budget, saying that it must exhaust its reserve funds.

DepEd chief Sonny Angara previously expressed dismay over the budget cut, saying that P10 billion would be removed from the agency's proposed computerization program for 2025

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday vowed to thoroughly go over the 2025 national budget amid issues surrounding some of its items, even as he justified the zero subsidy for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday justified the scrapping of the P74-billion subsidy for the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), insisting that the agency has "sufficient funds to carry on.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said state insurer Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has enough funds to continue delivering services despite the removal of its government subsidy under the proposed 2025 national budget.