Marcos presses private hospitals to embrace PhilHealth no-copay policy

MANILA — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday urged more private hospitals to adopt state-owned Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) no-co-payment policy, seeking to extend protection from costly out-of-pocket medical expenses beyond government health facilities and give more Filipino patients access to private hospital care without being burdened by additional charges.…