Philhealth contribution hike halt hailed

The Leaders Forum (LF), a national bipartite committee, on Monday welcomed the temporary suspension of the contribution hike of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and urged the government to suspend the imposition of the 1-percent Social Security System premium increase.

In a joint statement, LF, which is composed of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), and Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport), Federation of Free Workers (FFW), Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa, and Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), said the suspension of the increase is one of the immediate interventions that government can provide to the economy and its stakeholders