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Centre of the diocesan Caritas Manila.. Caritas Philippines consists of the national office, the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA), which is legally registered as "CBCP – Caritas Filipinas Foundation Inc.", [5] [6] and 85 Diocesan Social Action Centers (DSACs) which are responsible for coordinating the social welfare work in the parishes and in the local entities named Basic ...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines that provides health insurance to the country. It was created on 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic ...
In the 1980s, as Medicaid managed care expanded across the county, safety net providers, such as Community Health Centers (CHCs) and public hospitals, feared that managed care would reduce reimbursements for Medicaid-eligible services, making it more difficult for them to provide care to the un- and under-insured, and result in a loss of Medicaid volume, as beneficiaries would choose to see ...
As insurance premiums have surged, families with employer-sponsored health care plans have paid nearly 5% of their total earnings over a 32-year period, according to a 2024 report investigating ...
The role of Caritas Latin America and Caribbean is to foster peer exchange and learning among its member organisations, and to speak with a unified voice. The secretariat (SELACC) is also engaged in advocacy, for example concerning the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Summits [ 3 ] as well as in the institutional capacity ...
Chile has maintained a dual health care system in which its citizens can voluntarily opt for coverage by either the public National Health Insurance Fund or any of the country's private health insurance companies. 68% of the population is covered by the public fund and 18% by private companies. The remaining 14% is covered by other not-for ...
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Health care in the Philippines has been defined by the World Health Organization as "fragmented", meaning there's a large gap between the quality and quantity of health services for the poor and the rich. With different reasons such as low budget, low number of personnel, or general neglect for the poor, the Philippines has always been unable ...