Palace press officer Claire Castro — File photo
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Tuesday ordered a thorough investigation into claims that a member of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), who later died, was denied benefits due to the state insurer’s 24-hour confinement rule.
The issue stemmed from a viral social media post by Maria Lourdes Sulit, whose husband needed an operation estimated to cost between P2 million and P4 million to remove a brain hematoma.
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