PhilHealth and the Press: Moving Towards Universal Coverage

The participants are shown with the resource persons (seated, 3rd from left): Alberto Manduriao, OIC-Vice President, Member Management Group; Maria Sophia B. Varlez, Senior Manager, Corporate Communication Department; Johnny Y. Sychua, Regional Vice President for PRO – CARAGA; Dr. Shirley B. Domingo, OIC-Area Vice President, Area II; Orlando D. Iñigo Jr., Regional Vice President for PRO V; and Dr. Israel Francis A. Pargas, OIC-Vice President for Corporate Affairs Group.

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) recently conducted the Social Health Insurance Education Series (SHInES) with various print and broadcast media organizations from the provinces of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur at the Villa Caceres Hotel in Naga City, to better educate the media on how best to write about the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP).

Dubbed “National Health Insurance Act of 2013: Moving towards Universal Coverage,” the SHInES aims to deepen the media members’ understanding and appreciation of the concept of SHI and of the NHIP, with the end in view of making them 'force multipliers' of PhilHealth.

The SHInES for Media was jointly organized by PhilHealth’s Corporate Communication Department and the Social Health Insurance Academy, in coordination with PhilHealth Regional Office V. (Emy Retuta)