Juan

[Juan @alterchub09]

@Xsalander1 @ABSCBNNews Totoo naman kasi yung sinabi nia. kung hindi sana edi sana ang lakas padin ng entertainment natin. LAos na ngae, napunta na sa ibang asian dramas. Walang nanonood din sa mga netflix originals. Kdrama palang taob na

[Juan @alterchub09]

@jeBi3_ @GarciaKit13 Bs. Show tax returns

[Juan @alterchub09]

@GarciaKit13 PTINGIN NG TAX RETURNS!!!!!

[Juan @alterchub09]

@akazukinchan2x Dumadami bading

[radar PH @radarph_media]

PhilHealth is omnipresent in every Filipino’s payslip, taking money whether workers like it or not. Yet in moments of greatest need, it often feels absent.

That’s what happened in the viral case of Maria Lourdes Sulit. Her husband Marvin contributed for over 25 years. When he died of a brain hematoma, PhilHealth declined to cover their nearly ₱200,000 hospital bill.

The reason: a technicality. He was confined for less than 24 hours. Under PhilHealth Circular No. 2020-0007, inpatient benefits require a 24-hour stay. But Circular No. 2025-0020 allows outpatient emergency benefits in cases ending in death within 24 hours. So which is it, then?

Sulit’s case is yet another crack in a system already under strain.

PhilHealth is mandatory under the Universal Health Care Law. Every Filipino is automatically enrolled, meaning every worker is required to contribute—regardless of income, preference, or private coverage.

And that has long been a point of frustration. Ask any tito, tita, tropa, or kakilala, and a familiar story emerges: PhilHealth often covers only a fraction of the bill. Families still shoulder significant out-of-pocket expenses.

Then come the administrative failures: the delays, the waiting, the stress on top of the hospitalization stresses.

Private health maintenance organizations help fill some of the gap. But even they can only do so much, often still leaving families exposed to catastrophic expenses that the public system is supposed to cushion.

And then, there’s the issue that refuses to go away: corruption.

PhilHealth has been repeatedly drawn into controversies involving anomalous claims, questionable reimbursements, and fund management issues that have reached Congress and the courts.

The latest one involved around ₱60 billion in excess funds—transferred to the national treasury. The Supreme Court later ruled that it’s unconstitutional, questioning whether health funds were being redirected away from their intended purpose.

The money has since been restored to PhilHealth, but its image isn’t getting any better. To many, it remains an agency that collects mandatory contributions, yet Filipinos don't get what they pay for.

Calls to abolish PhilHealth continue to surface. Let Filipinos keep their money. Rely on private insurance or personal means instead.

It’s understandable—especially in cases like Sulit’s—but abolition without replacement risks dismantling the country’s only nationwide health risk pool.

For all its flaws, PhilHealth remains the only attempt at universal coverage at scale. Removing it wouldn’t erase the need for protection.

So the real issue is not just whether to abolish PhilHealth, but what must replace or radically reform it.

Our Asian neighbors have made clearer choices. Thailand funds universal healthcare through general taxation, allowing patients to access care with minimal or no out-of-pocket costs. Malaysia heavily subsidizes public hospitals, keeping treatment affordable and predictable. South Korea operates a hybrid system where mandatory contributions are matched with reliable, structured coverage at the point of care.

The Philippines remains stuck in between: compulsory contributions without guaranteed protection, universal enrollment without universal certainty.

Now, the question is no longer whether PhilHealth should exist. Can it continue in its current form when the gap between contribution and protection remains this wide?

Can Filipinos still afford to pay premiums to a system they cannot rely on in a life-and-death situation?

Otherwise, PhilHealth only gives Filipinos hell.

[Juan @alterchub09]

@FeedMe_Katsudon Wag Kasi nagmamagaling Akala mo alam mo about the conflict

[iSabongera 🇵🇭 @iSabongera]

SUMBUNGAN DAW NG BAYAN, PWE!
TAX NG BAYAN PAMBABABAE MO LANG RAFFY TULFO
#raffytulfoinaction

Source: Jojo De Guzman

[Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @DrewPavlou]

This is a million times worse than George Floyd

[Juan @alterchub09]

@veritaeffetuale Rage bait Kasi iBang post. Yung iba propaganda na. Ngayong may ai na, di mo na sure kung tao or bad actors mga yan

[Juan @alterchub09]

@pangetatdadisco Tingin mo pinas at us lang? Bangag ka ba. Naglipana na spies ng china.

[Lieutenant Yokota (横田中尉) 🇯🇵🇵🇭 @LTYokota]

🇻🇳🇵🇭 Hanoi is much better than Manila as a whole.

[Bigwave 2.0 @BigWave372]

A local fruit shop became the scene of a deeply upsetting incident when a customer allegedly targeted a helpless toddler right under the mother's nose. In a video that is rapidly sparking outrage online, a shop owner is seen balancing the busy demands of her store while holding her young child in her arms. While the mother's attention is momentarily fixed on weighing fruit and calculating a purchase, an older female customer wearing a grey hijab, glasses, and a face mask steps closer.

Instead of waiting patiently, the customer reaches out and appears to covertly and aggressively pinch the little child.

Within seconds, the toddler bursts into uncontrollable, hysterical crying, writhing in pain and confusion. The mother, visibly startled and heartbroken, immediately shifts all her focus to comforting her sobbing baby, completely unaware of what just transpired. In a chilling twist, the older woman stands by with a calm demeanor, looking directly toward the area of the security camera, seemingly oblivious or indifferent to the fact that her every move was being recorded in crystal-clear definition.

[HAPPY PEPE @succubus_20]

Cayetano and Jonvic laugh it off after the fake senate seige

[Juan @alterchub09]

@SirDon647206 @TheWrestlingRef @MensHumor To be fair, their servers can earn up to thousands o dollars if their crafty

[Juan @alterchub09]

@Twin_Szn Theres no Diddy I guess so I guess they're the only one who can continue. Baby oil for everyone I guess

[Juan @alterchub09]

@dailynetizen24 Bakit Siya lang iniimplicate? Pano nio alam?

[Juan @alterchub09]

@SeverusChud He might not have the last call on that.

[Juan @alterchub09]

@Globalstats11 Nahh ph is at peace. You should put corruption and china

[Juan @alterchub09]

@davaoinshambles Nahhh. Si baboy ang odd one out

[Juan @alterchub09]

@_hxmilton No, they to use everything. That's why it's called oppression olympics