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MANILA, Philippines — Paying members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should receive benefits commensurate with their monthly contributions, according to Executive Secretary Ralph Recto.
He raised the proposal following the death of a 47-year-old father from Manila, who had been diligently paying his monthly premiums for more than two decades but was denied PhilHealth benefit packages.
Recto said he would meet with PhilHealth officials this week to discuss the expansion of benefits for more than 33 million paying members of the state-run health insurance provider.
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