Tag: healthcare

SPENDING on healthcare grew by 10.9% in 2019 to P792.6 billion, with most of the spending burden still on households, albeit to a lesser extent compared to 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday.

President Rodrigo R. Duterte has eased an overseas travel ban on Filipino nurses and other medical workers to allow more to take jobs abroad, his spokesman said on Monday, as his government believes it has its coronavirus outbreak under control.

The passage of Republic Act No. 11223, or the Universal Healthcare Law, was hailed as a landmark for the Philippines, as it sought to...

THE Department of Finance projects the Universal Healthcare (UHC) Act to have a total funding gap of P426 billion in the first four years of implementation if a fresh tax increase on tobacco and alcoholic beverages is not passed.

Lifetrack Medical Systems, a healthtech startup focusing on improving affordable access to medical imaging services in emerging markets, has raised $5.2 million to scale...

By Charmaine A. Tadalan A bill seeking to provide mandatory Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) coverage of persons with disability (PWDs) has hurdled second reading...

A delegation of mostly healthcare and medical technology companies from the European Union (EU) is seeking to bring in new technologies in the country...

Healthcare provider PhilCare is rolling out a new product focusing on overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) starting with those based in Israel, as part of...

By Anna Gabriela A. Mogato AYALA Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (AC Health) continues to be on the lookout for new investments, particularly in hospitals, financing and...