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Senators and congressmen approved a P51.6-billion allocation for the Department of Health (DOH)’s controversial health care program, which has been criticized as a “discretionary fund” vulnerable to political patronage.

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Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa plans to exclude traffic violators from availing of zero-balance billing in DOH hospitals, a move he says is meant to curb road crashes and push motorists to follow traffic rules.

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MATAGAL nang batas ang Universal Health Care ngunit maraming dumaraing na hindi ito nadarama ng taumbayan.

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Unilab Foundation, Inc, and the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila formalized a partnership to study and develop a supplemental benefits package for PhilHealth members.

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Senators and congressmen approved a P51.6-billion allocation for the Department of Health (DOH)’s controversial health care program, which has been criticized as a “discretionary fund” vulnerable to political patronage.

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Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa plans to exclude traffic violators from availing of zero-balance billing in DOH hospitals, a move he says is meant to curb road crashes and push motorists to follow traffic rules.

[DatePublished] => 2025-09-11 17:24:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807868 [AuthorName] => Dominique Nicole Flores [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2024/12/30/2_2024-12-30_22-10-34863_thumbnail.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 2441915 [Title] => Agenda ni Ping Lacson: Maayos na health care [Summary] =>

MATAGAL nang batas ang Universal Health Care ngunit maraming dumaraing na hindi ito nadarama ng taumbayan.

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Unilab Foundation, Inc, and the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila formalized a partnership to study and develop a supplemental benefits package for PhilHealth members.

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