# Millions in Philippines lack private insurance, face high healthcare costs

https://mins.news/en/video/79823

- CNA, 2026-09-30 05:10 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrSoBMDT_L4

> More than half of the Philippines’ 120 million people have no private health or life insurance. A 2022 study found that PhilHealth covered just 14% of total healthcare spending over the past 30 years, leaving Filipino families to pay nearly half of medical bills themselves.