Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and Social Security System (SSS) announced that members will now have to pay higher monthly contributions effective January 1, 2014.

Employed PhilHealth, Self-employed PhilHealth members or Individually paying members (IPMs) will now pay Php 200.

Aside from self-employed and voluntary members, IPMs include those under the Kalusugang Sigurado at Abot-Kaya sa PhilHealth Insurance program and the group enrollment scheme. IPMs can choose from three payment schemes: Php 600 per quarter,  Php 1,200 semi-annually or Php 2,400 per annum.

Quarterly: Period: January to March
Deadline: March 31

Semi-annual
Period: January to June
Deadline: June 30

Annual
Period: January to December
Deadline: December 31

PhilHealth Contributions starting January 1, 2014

Meanwhile, employed SSS members will be paying an additional 0.3 percent in their monthly contributions.  Self-employed, voluntary members and overseas Filipino workers (OFW) will be paying 0.6 percent more every month.

SSS Contributions starting January 1, 2014

SSS Schedule and Benefits