Senators are discussing amending the Universal Health Care Law to cover basic dental services as more than 70 million Filipinos suffer from tooth decay.
Senators are discussing amending the Universal Health Care Law to cover basic dental services as more than 70 million Filipinos suffer from tooth decay. According to a report by Ian Cruz in "24 Oras," senators discussed the limited dental services under the law which is supposed to provide free healthcare to Filipinos."Limited surgery lang po siya ng tooth extraction to cleft lip or cleft palate surgeries.
According to an article published by Harvard Health Publishing in 2021, having a gum disease doubles or triples the likelihood of having a heart attack, stroke, and other serious cardiovascular events. Tulfo has said that PhilHealth under the UHC law did not explicitly include dental health services and procedures, emphasizing the need to include a package for dental services and the provision of dentures. The National Health Survey in 2018 showed that 73 million Filipinos have tooth decay.
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