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The House Committee on Health is now working on measures that will address the diminishing share of local government units in the country’s total health expenditure, including mandating an automatic 5% allocation for special health fund.
In the UCHP study, Doctors Michael Mo, Orville Solon, and Alejandro Herrin flagged the diminishing health spending of LGUs as a major challenge to attaining universal health care. “At present, the Department of Health and PhilHealth admitted during recent committee meetings that contributions to the special health fund by municipal and city LGUs are voluntary. Corollary to this, the committee is also deliberating on House bills that seek to amend the pertinent provisions of Republic Act 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code, on health financing.
Gato said another way to achieve universal health care for Filipinos is the revision of Philhealth’s benefits payment system, as espoused in the study conducted by UCHP experts led Dr. Valerie Gilbert Ulep titled “Provider Payment Governance in the Philippines: A Proposal”.
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