She said the “Malasakit” bill being pushed in Congress would in fact “complement” the government’s implementation of the UHC program.
“There is no conflict. Actually, this will complement the UHC Law. We made sure that there is no overlapping,” she said in an interview, after the technical working group meeting of the House Committee on Health on measures seeking to modernize the regulation of health facilities and services.During a recent congressional briefing, DOH Undersecretary Mario Villaverde also made the same assurance, explaining that the measure would not be in conflict with the intent of the UHC Law.
“There is actually no conflict between the Universal Health Care Act and the Malasakit Bill. We are actually supporting the crafting so that it becomes complementary or supplement to the Universal Health Care Act, but generally the Malasakit Center is limited to the assistance to the patient, navigation of the patient in terms of financial risk protection as well as the responsiveness of our healthcare providers,” he told the House members.
According to him, the substitute bill was a carbon copy of the Senate Bill No. 1076, authored by Senator Bong Go, which was approved on November 11.
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