President Rodrigo Duterte has certified as urgent the House of Representatives version of Universal Health Coverage Bill, Malaca帽ang said听Tuesday.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte issued the certification during the 27th Cabinet meeting听on Monday听night.
鈥淚 am pleased to announce that our Universal Health Care Bill which we sponsored, defended and passed in the House of Representatives was certified as urgent in听tonight鈥檚 Cabinet meeting,鈥� Roque said in a Twitter post.
In September 2017, the House of Representatives听passed on third and final reading the bill providing for universal health care for all Filipinos.
The counterpart bill, however, is still pending at the Senate.
搁贰础顿:听 House OKs universal care bill
Under the bill, Filipinos will have universal health care coverage and would benefit from the National Health Security Program, which will be the new name for the National Health Insurance Program. /kga
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