THE House Committee on Health is now working on measures that will address the diminishing share of local government units (LGUs) in the country's total health expenditure, including mandating an automatic 5 percent allocation for special health fund.
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 percent allocation for special health fund. Reacting to the study titled 'Philippine Health Sector Performance: An analysis using the National Health Accounts of 1990-2022' commissioned by the Unilab Center for Health Policy , Rep. Ciriaco Gato Jr.
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. I wish to inform you that the committee is inclined to come up with legislative measures mandating LGUs to allocate 5 percent of their income for health,' Gato told the UCHP symposium attendees.
Panel Seeks To Arrest Declining Share Of Lgus In Health Spending
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