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MANILA - A lawmaker on Friday said reforming health care, particularly the national health insurance system, should be among the top priorities of the incoming administration. Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda stressed the need to introduce systemic reforms to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) following the state insurer's recent increases in its mandatory premium contributions for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), reaching as high as PHP38,400 per year. "For OFWs, it's too expensive. And the question is very simple: what do they stand to gain from PhilHealth contributions when they can't go to Philippine hospitals abroad?" Salceda said in a statement. Salceda said he would be refiling a proposal on the comprehensive overhaul of the whole health insurance system in the next Congress. "I hope to work with the next Secretary of Health and SOF (Secretary of Finance) Diokno on reforming PhilHealth. I do hope that reforming health care is