A 2019 law outlining a system for managing cancer treatment is awaiting how much funding it will get in 2023 to ensure its proper implementation, according to the law’s principal author. READ:
Senator Joseph Victor G. Ejercito said at the Pandesal Forum on Thursday that funding for the National Integrated Cancer Control Act will depend on the priority assigned to it by Department of Health and Department of Budget and Management , as well as on how much funding was left unspent in 2022.
The Cancer Control Program governs all cancer control activities of the government, while the CAF is a pot that cancer patients can draw from.“We’ll see how the funds were utilized in 2022. If there is enough , then probably we can have the same or probably add a little more. We’ll see how it goes, and we will ask for a report from the DoH and the DBM on utilization in 2022. If it’s not enough, then we’ll have to augment 2023 budget,” Mr. Ejercito said.
Ms. Canda also said that the government is thinking of placing the CAF under the DoH’s Medical Assistance for Indigent Patients program, which readily available but at a reduced amount compared to its funding as a line item. Mr. Ejercito hopes to solidify the NICCA’s role as the government implements the Universal Health Care Act early on in the latter’s rollout.
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