09/02/2026
Emphasizing the important role of social health insurance in every Filipino’s life, the Presidential Proclamation No. 1400 s. 2007 has set February as the National Health Insurance (NHI) Month. ♥️
A particular implementation is our own National Health Insurance Program as a social health insurance (SHI) scheme - a form of financing and managing health care based primarily on risk pooling through contributions of individuals, households, enterprises, and the government on the other end.🏥
This system ideally protects people against financial burden of diseases, and is considered a relatively fair method of financing health care. An example is our PhilHealth program where the young are helping the old, the healthy subsidizing the sick, conceptually.
It's a long way to go, but we do hope to strengthen and rehabilitate our system in the near future, for the benefit of our Filipino citizens.🇵🇭