MANILA, Philippines --- While the deferment of the planned premium rate hike for the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is a welcome development, a lawmaker from the House of Representatives wants the same applied for Social Security System (SSS) and the Home Development Mutual Fund. In a statement on Tuesday, Alliance of Concerned Teachers Rep. France Castro said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. can also make the same move for SSS and the Pag-IBIG Fund, based on the same reason that prices of basic commodities and services are rising. "This is good but I think we can cite the same reason to also defer the premium hikes of the Social Security System (SSS) and th...Keep on reading: Solon welcomes PhilHealth rate hike halt; seeks similar for SSS, Pag-IBIG