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Bicam gives PhilHealth additional P16.5 billion from DPWH funds
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will receive an additional P16.5 billion for its 2026 budget, as approved by the bicameral conference committee.
This increase aims to cover a projected P16.5 billion shortfall in sin tax allocations mandated by law for PhilHealth.
The additional funds, realigned from savings in the Department of Public Works and Highways' (DPWH) budget, bring PhilHealth's total 2026 allocation to P129.76 billion.
This revised budget includes a P53.13 billion subsidy for the National Health Insurance Program and the restored P60 billion that was wrongfully remitted to the national treasury in 2024.
The P16.5 billion increase was made possible by P20.7 billion in savings generated from DPWH project cost recalculations.
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