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FALSE: Aquino signed premium contribution hike for OFWs
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FactCheck: Duterte signed the Universal Health Care Act into law, which has a provision for the premium hike for direct contributors, including OFWs.

Former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino signed the law that mandates overseas Filipino workers to pay 3% of their salary to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation as premium contributions.pirmado ni Aquino, Hontiveros, panahon ng dilawan 5/5Noong Aquino administration sinimulan ang UHC at pinirmahan ni Noynoy kasama si Risa Hontiveros at [Leila] De Lima atbpThe video was 11 minutes and 36 seconds long. It had 2,676 views as of writing.

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