Skip to content The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation is a government-owned and government-controlled corporation (GOCC) in the Philippines. It is attached to the Department of Health to somehow help all the people in the Philippines, especially those who are earning below the poverty line to have an affordable health insurance.
The Philippines is categorized as one of the countries having expensive medicines and hospitalization bills despite the fact that people are earning too low not even enough for the basic necessities in life. If you are one of those Filipinos who are finding hard to apply for this insurance or to claim your benefits to help in the hospitalization of your loved ones, here are some tips to somehow help ease your burden.
For Employees
If you are an employee, laws are formulated to claim your right. The Labor Code explicitly states that employers are mandated to provide PhilHealth benefits upon its employees, these are called mandatory benefits under the labor code of the Philippines and other pertinent laws. If you are a regular employee of your company/office, you are entitled to these benefits. Even the helpers or “kasambahays” are now entitled to benefits through the help of their employers.
Here are some tips to guide you with your PhilHealth registration:
1. Probationary employees will have the option to apply for voluntary PhilHealth contribution before regularization and convert it into a regular contribution upon regularization.
2. Normally, the employer will give you Phil Health forms to fill up which you will submit upon completion to the employer who will in turn submit the forms to the Phil Health Office. However, since government offices are now taking advantage of technology, your employer or you can register and pay contributions online (Please see this post how to register on PhilHealth online).
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