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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]
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 ...
Universal Health Care (UHC) was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte as the Republic Act No. 11223. [27] UHC automatically enrolls all Filipino citizens in the National Health Insurance Program and expands the existing Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) coverage to include free medical consultations and laboratory tests.
The Social Security System (SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng mga Naglilingkod sa Pribado) [4] is a state-run social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Act No. 1161, better known as the Social Security Act of 1954.
The Philippine Criminology Profession Act of 2018 November 15, 2018 [27] 11148 Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay Act (lit. ' Health and Nutrition for Mother and Child Act ') November 29, 2018 [28] 11663 National Bible Day Act December 20, 2018 [29] 11665 Telecommuting Act December 20, 2018 [30] 11666 Philippine HIV and AIDS Policy Act of 2018
The Department of Health (DOH; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products.
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."
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 ]