Since 1 September 2011, the state-run health insurance organization in the Philippines, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), began implementing case rates payment, a new payment scheme that pays health care providers a pre-determined fixed rate for each treated case regardless of hospital category and length of stay in the hospital.

Age Pension is a benefit paid to older Australians who meet age and residency requirements. For pensioners over Age Pension age, there is a Work Bonus that encourages them to participate in the workforce by allowing them to keep more of their pension when they have earnings from employment.

On September 21, the government unveiled the details of its Stronger Super reforms to the nearly 20‑year-old superannuation system, consisting of mandatory employer contributions to private pensions or retirement savings accounts.

On September 13, President Humala's cabinet approved a new means-tested, old-age program called Pensión 65 to be introduced in stages beginning in late 2011.

A new law enacted on August 28 eliminates the health care contribution for pensioners who receive means-tested benefits and lowers the contribution rate for middle class pensioners.