Just recently, on May this year, Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte announced that Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) can be “voluntary” members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) for now [while we are facing a … Read more
Being an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) is hard enough without the additional burden of being hospitalized with no support. It is for this very reason that PhilHealth extended its programs with additional benefits for Filipinos … Read more
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) clarified that it does not require overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to pay Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) premiums before their overseas employment certificates (OECs) are released. The statement was … Read more
Starting this year, all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), including land-based and sea-based workers, are required to pay three percent of their income to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) as mandatory premium contribution. As per … Read more