Ejercito hopes bill changing PhilHealth premium hike schedule will be certified as urgent

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Senator JV Ejercito on Tuesday expressed hope that his bill, which seeks to change the schedule of the increase in premium contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), be certified by Malacañang as urgent due to the current economic situation. 

Senator JV Ejercito on Tuesday expressed hope that his bill, which seeks to change the schedule of the increase in premium contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation , be certified by Malacañang as urgent due to the current economic situation.

"I'll ask the [Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council] to make it a priority bill because it will concern everybody, OFWs especially. We have to make adjustments so that it will not be a burden anymore for them, also the local and government employees," Ejercito, sponsor of the UHC Law, said in an ANC interview.Ejercito said under the usual legislative process, it would take a year or a year and a half before a bill could be passed.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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