Cong Duterte, 2 others pursue P10-B fund for poor cancer patients

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Cong Duterte, 2 others pursue P10-B fund for poor cancer patients
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A recently filed measure in the 19th Congress seeks to establish a P10-billion fund to finance the treatment and care of indigent cancer patients. | ManilaBulletin

Davao 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte leads the filing of House Bill No.7687, titled, "An Act establishing a cancer medicine and treatment assistance fund for indigent and underprivileged Filipinos".

The measure, House Bill No.7687, was filed by Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Dutere, Benguet lone district Rep. Eric Yap, and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Edvic Yap. It is titled, "An Act establishing a cancer medicine and treatment assistance fund for indigent and underprivileged Filipinos". Duterte and the other authors noted that despite the enactment of RA No.11215 and the creation of this assistance fund, cancer patients from low-income households continue to bear the financial burden of their medical care and treatment.

“The program shall be limited to indigent and underprivileged cancer patient beneficiaries to be identified by PhilHealth in close coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development , the Department of Health , and the Department of the Interior and Local Government ,” it said.

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