Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said it is imperative to move some of the proposed P49-billion for the Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (MAIFIP) to expand the government’s zero-balance billing program. Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and...
President Marcos has visited the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac, Ilocos Norte, where he underscored the continued implementation of the zero balance billing policy. During his visit on Sunday, Sept. 28, Marcos dropped by the Oncology, Internal Medicine, and Family...
President Marcos has cleared the medical bill of three patients in Valenzuela Medical Center which have reached P3.5 million on his birthday on Saturday, Sept. 13. Marcos ordered the zero-balance billing for the patients during his visit at the hospital to check on the implementation of the...
President Marcos has assured the public that subsidized government programs are financially sustainable and designed for long-term implementation. Marcos said this after critics questioned the sustainability of government initiatives such as the hospitals’ zero balance billing and the “Benteng...
President Marcos is confident that universal health care in the country will be fully implemented soon. "Malapit na tayong umabot talaga sa universal health care. We are 80 percent of the way. Kaunti na lang at matutupad na natin yung universal health care (We are very close to truly achieving...
President Marcos said the zero-balance billing policy in all Department of Health (DOH) hospitals in the country is "proceeding well," citing that it has benefitted over 14,000 patients since its implementation. "So I 'm happy to be able to report that the zero-billing program is proceeding...
President Marcos has directed the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that the zero-balance billing policy is being implemented in all DOH hospitals in the country. Marcos also reminded Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa that DOH hospitals must know how to implement the policy. Citing that he has...
TACLOBAN CITY – A maintenance worker from Alangalang, Leyte, benefited from the government’s zero-balance billing program at the Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC) here. Rico Ligo was stabbed three weeks ago, had surgeries and a series of procedures, leaving her daughter Rica and her two...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Monday, August 11 called on Congress to constitute the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee to conduct a comprehensive review of the provisions of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act and ensure its provisions are being implemented correctly. In a...
Implementing government projects aimed at giving immediate relief to Filipinos such as zero-balance billing in hospitals, P20 per kilo of rice, and discounted train fares are not intended to win the public 's trust and approval, President Marcos said. In his recent podcast episode, Marcos...
Healthcare-related expenses remain a major cause of debt and poverty among Filipinos. As part of the government’s push for universal healthcare, the Department of Health (DOH) implements the “zero balance billing” policy—a program that aims to provide completely free hospitalization for...
President Marcos has declared that patients admitted in Department of Health (DOH) hospitals will no longer have to pay for their bills. "Ito po – itinuloy na po natin ang zero balance billing. Libre po (Here it is – we have continued the zero balance billing. It’s free)," Marcos...
