Economist and Marikina representative Stella Quimbo asked PhilHealth to strongly consider temporarily suspending the collection of premiums from its members.
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00:00 Economist and Marikina representative Stella Quimbo asked PhilHealth to strongly consider
00:05 temporarily suspending the collection of premiums from its members.
00:09 Citing PhilHealth data, she says the state health insurer earned P100 billion in net
00:14 income in 2022 and asks PhilHealth officials for proof that it can effectively spend funds.
00:19 Quimbo adds, PhilHealth members are better off using their deducted contributions for
00:24 private health maintenance organizations or HMOs.
00:27 These offer better benefit packages than PhilHealth.
00:31 PhilHealth president Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. did not categorically say that suspending
00:35 premium contributions would be feasible.
00:37 Quimbo then talks about PhilHealth's promise of better health packages in 1995, which it
00:42 has failed to deliver.
00:44 She asks Ledesma to submit a complete written explanation instead.
00:47 (upbeat music)