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This is the reason why politicians especially elected officials need to have websites so people can interact with them , they can get input and explain their sides etc etc. hope I can find a copy of this online. Over all without seeing the plan , mandatory health coverage for all is a win, the question is were do we get the money (magbawas muna ng mga mistress and mga politicians) , and is their a more efficient way to administer it than that envisioned in the bill\/plan.<\/p>\n

Roxas proposes mandatory health coverage for all Filipinos
\n04\/14\/2009 | 01:55 PM
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\nMANILA, Philippines<\/a> – A bill seeking mandatory health coverage for all Filipinos on state expense has been filed in the Senate<\/a>.
\nSenator Manuel Roxas<\/a> II proposes in Senate Bill 3154 that the government must pay for mandatory entitlement of every Filipino to healthcare<\/a> benefits under the state’s health insurance<\/a> program.
\nHe said the immediate and automatic inclusion to Philippine Health Insurance coverage and membership is mandated by Republic Act<\/a> 7875 (National Health Insurance Act of 1995).
\nThe mandatory universal healthcare coverage<\/a> shall be funded by the national government through premium<\/a> payments to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC), which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act, he added.
\n\u201cThe health of every Filipino is important. It is the responsibility of the government to ensure that our citizens are healthy,” Roxas said.
\nHe said that 48.4 percent of the total P181 billion expenditures for health in 2005 came from individual families\u2019 pockets, and that only 28.7 percent came from government resources.
\nHe said the social health insurance, on the other hand, account for only 11 percent and health expenditure from other sources, such as private health insurance or community-based financing represent only 11.9 percent.
\nHe said that since 26.9 percent of Filipino families are below the poverty threshold<\/a>, \u201cit is unimaginable how Filipinos who are everyday grappling with the hardships of economic realities, will be able to afford a decent healthcare service for themselves and their families.”
\nRoxas is also the author of the Cheaper Medicines Act. – Amita O. Legaspi, GMANews.TV
\nvia GMANews.TV – Roxas proposes mandatory health coverage for all Filipinos – Nation – Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs – Latest Philippine News – BETA<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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