Awareness of Health Insurance Benefits in the Philippines : What Do People Know and How?
In recent years, the Philippines has seen a rapid expansion of health insurance coverage, especially among the poor. In particular, the implementation of the 2012 Sin Tax Law, which increased tobacco and alcohol excise tax and earmarked most of the...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/338961498200268408/Awareness-of-health-insurance-benefits-in-the-Philippines-what-do-people-know-and-how http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27668 |
| Summary: | In recent years, the Philippines has
seen a rapid expansion of health insurance coverage,
especially among the poor. In particular, the implementation
of the 2012 Sin Tax Law, which increased tobacco and alcohol
excise tax and earmarked most of the incremental revenues
for PhilHealth premium subsidies for indigent households,
contributed to an increase in the number of families
receiving government-subsidized health insurance from 5.2
million to 15.3 million poor families and senior citizens
between 2012 and 2015. This paper assesses how people who
are eligible for government-subsidized (free) health
insurance through Philippines Health Insurance Corporation
(PhilHealth) find out about their eligibility and their
benefits, and also how well people know the PhilHealth benefits. |
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