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In 1990, bills were passed that led to significant improvement of public health care insurance. House Bill 14225 and Senate Bill 01738 became Republic Act 7875, known as "The National Health Insurance Act of 1995". Approved by President Fidel Ramos on February 14, 1995, this become the basis of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation. [8]
SSS transferred the administration of its Medicare program, which gave benefits for the healthcare purposes of members, to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) when Republic Act No. 7875 or the National Health Insurance Act of 1995 was enacted. [14]
Amending the National Health Insurance Act of 1995 or RA 7875 : National Health Insurance Act of 2013: 2013-08-15: 10607: Amending the Insurance Code or PD 612: 2013-08-22: 10608: Creating additional Branches of the Regional Trial Court: Polomolok: South Cotabato 2013-08-23: 10609: Protection of Students' Right to Enroll in Review Centers Act ...
According to Republic Act No. 7875, as amended by Republic Act No. 9241, "The National Health Insurance Program (NHIP), formerly known as Medicare, is a health insurance program for SSS members and their dependents whereby the healthy subsidize the sick who may find themselves in need of financial assistance when they get hospitalized."
Limited Portability Scheme (RA 7699) Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Act of 1995 (RA 7875) Agricultural Tariffication Act of 1998 (RA 8555) GSIS Act of 1997 (RA 8291) Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1998 (RA 8178) Home Guaranty Corporation Act of 2000 (RA 8763) Fair Election Act (RA 9006) [7]
Germany has the world's oldest national social health insurance system, [1] with origins dating back to Otto von Bismarck's Sickness Insurance Law of 1883. [2] [3] In Britain, the National Insurance Act 1911 included national social health insurance for primary care (not specialist or hospital care), initially for about one-third of the population—employed working class wage earners, but not ...
Under the GOCC Governance Act (Republic Act No. 10149), GOCCs are overseen by the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG). [3] The Governance Commission is the "government's central advisory and oversight body over the public corporate sector" according to the Official Gazette of the Philippine government. [4]
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Other short titles: Kassebaum–Kennedy Act, Kennedy–Kassebaum Act: Long title: An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use ...