Insurance Commission

Ng 10:33 AM, Sep 22, 2023

September 22, 2023

Dear Mr. Braña,

Thank you for your request dated Sep 20, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

We received your request on Sep 20, 2023 and will respond on or before Oct 11, 2023 02:42:34 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster10032017130000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHAsSB0NvbnRlbnQiD0lDLTg1NjAzMjA1ODA0Nww, for request with ticket number #IC-856032058047.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Patrick Joseph Ng
FOI Officer

Vinzon 11:31 AM, Oct 02, 2023

October 2, 2023

Dear Mr. Braña,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 20, 2023 02:42:34 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for HEALTH INSURANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of the Insurance Commission's Key Data of the information you requested through the following link: https://www.insurance.gov.ph/summary-from-2017-2021-preliminary-figures/

For item 2, kindly refer to page 4 for Health Insurance from life companies, page 12 for Health Maintenance Organization Members. (Kindly take note as well that the figure of health insurance from non-life insurance companies being at 2.95 million for 2021 is based on the submitted Annual Statements. To add, insured lives may be overstated as it may include multiple policies of individuals from two or more companies.

For item 3, please use data from item 2 and Philippine population (available in page 1 of the Key Data).

Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as this Commission has no available data on the percentage of income allocated for health insurance. As for Access to PhilHealth, you may access through the PhilHealth website: https://www.philhealth.gov.ph/

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by email at icrecords-foi@insurance.gov.ph. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

The quality of services you deserve matter to us. To help the Insurance Commission monitor the progress in improving its services, we appreciate accomplishing the Customer Satisfaction Surveys (CSS) through the following link: https://bit.ly/ICCustomerSatisfactionSurvey

Thank you.

Respectfully,

Atty. Albert Lawrence Vinzon
FOI Decision Maker