Manila, Oct. 23 -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) on Thursday reported it has disbursed over PHP217.93 billion in benefit claims from January to September this year.

In a public advisory, the state insurer said the amount marks a significant 94.18 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

PhilHealth data showed private healthcare institutions received the largest share, totaling PHP127.79 billion, while government health facilities accounted for PHP90.14 billion.

This is a marked increase from 2024 figures, when PhilHealth paid out PHP58.94 billion to private facilities and PHP53.29 billion to government hospitals, amounting to PHP112.23 billion in total.

PhilHealth noted that the data are based...