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Ping Lacson to Revisit Universal Health Care Act’s Implementation Upon Senate Return

A revisiting of the implementation of the Universal Health Care Act will be one of the priorities of independent senatorial candidate Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, should he earn a seat in the Senate this May.

Lacson said that while the UHC Act which was signed in 2019 should have ensured accessible and high-quality health care for all Filipinos, its implementation is still “wanting” since this has not yet happened.

“The UHC Act was passed into law in 2019, but its implementation is wanting. In the exercise of oversight, we must revisit the full implementation of the law,” he said.

He said this oversight function will likely be exercised during the deliberation of the yearly budget.

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Ping Lacson Pushes Barangay-Level Health Care System in PH

STA. ROSA CITY, Laguna – Former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Saturday pushed for the full and proper implementation of the Universal Health Care Act, so the Philippines can have a barangay-level health care system that can at least approximate the efficient health care system in Cuba.

Lacson said this can be done by ensuring the proper funding of the UHC Act, such that it will cover all Filipinos in all barangays – even as he said the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) may not be able to give 100 percent free health benefits to Filipinos.

“You know me as a watchdog of the budget. I scrutinize it to help make sure that the laws we pass like the UHC, Free Tertiary Education Act, and other laws passed by Congress do not get paralyzed due to lack of funding,” he said in Filipino at the press conference of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate here.

“We want to make sure the UHC Act covers all barangays. When we are stuck at the low end, we are just having pilot programs in selected barangays. But when we go to full implementation, we cover all barangays,” he added.

Related: Ping Lacson, Nais ang Barangay Level Health Care System

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