WHAT’S going on in the bicameral conference committee on the General Appropriations Bill for 2025? The group who filed a petition to the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the transfer of PhilHealth funds to the national government, wants to know.
The group, led by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, has issued a new statement, this time against the defunding of PhilHealth.
In their new statement, the petitioners affirmed they strongly believe that the budget bill’s provisions for PhilHealth, as they currently stand, violate key relevant laws such as the Universal Health Care Act , the Sin Tax Law, and above all, the people’s Constitutional Right to Health. The group made an urgent call on the members of the Bicameral Conference Committee on the 2025 Budget from the House of Representatives and Senate to immediately act on the following:
2.Fully allocate to PhilHealth the premium of indirect contributors the earmarked funds from Sin Tax reform laws. Provide the exact allocation for the premium of indirect contributors in the 2025 budget, as mandated by the law. Since 2023,
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