UHC: PhilHealth Contribution Increase

On February 2019, the Universal Health Care Act (Republic Act No. 11223) was signed into law. It will automatically cover all Filipinos in the National Health Insurance Programme (NHIP). There will be additional health benefits to members. However, the law will also mean increases to the PhilHealth contributions from 2.75% in 2019 to 5% in 2024.

Just recently, PhilHealth released Circular 2019-009 announcing the new premium contribution schedule effective December 7, 2019.

Source: https://twitter.com/teamphilhealth/status/1200200278508625922

We have updated https://www.sweldongpinoy.com to use the new rates. Version 4.2 of the Sweldong Pinoy Android app, which has the updated computation, is also rolling out now.

Do you have questions and/or suggestions about Sweldong Pinoy and our apps? Email us at info@sweldongpinoy.com or send us a message. If you are on social media, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook so you can get updates and more information from us.

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Originally published at the Sweldong Pinoy Blog

Sweldong Pinoy At Seven

Sweldong Pinoy is now seven years old! The initial version of the app, then named Philippine Salary Calculator, became available on April 3, 2012.

Sweldong Pinoy started as an app for personal use but we have released it so others can use it too. The app can compute net pay, withholding taxes and contributions to SSS, PhilHealth and PAG-IBIG. Over time, we have added additional features (GSIS, Minimum Wage Earners, RHQ/ROHQ employees, OT, night differential) and updated icons, user interface, and other designs.

You can check a brief history of Sweldong Pinoy at http://timeline.sweldongpinoy.com/

Other than the Sweldong Pinoy web and Android apps, we have also developed other applications like Thirteenth Month, Budget Pinoy, and Budget Penny. Thirteenth Month is a tool for Filipinos in computing their 13th-month pays. Budget Pinoy is a tool for Filipinos in computing gross and net pay based on user's budget. Budget Penny is your budget assistant that can help you with your finances.

Aside from updating our apps, we are also working on some projects that will be helpful to Filipinos. Please stay tuned in for more details.

Thanks to everyone who are using our apps and helping us improve them. If you haven't used them yet, try our apps now. If you have comments, suggestions, and inquiries, you can email us at info@sweldongpinoy.com or you can also send us a message.

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Originally published at the Sweldong Pinoy Blog