MANILA – President Aquino has signed Republic Act 10606 or the National Health Insurance Act of 2013, the law providing mandatory health care for all Filipinos.
The law also mandates health care coverage for the indigent and abandoned children, with the national government subsidizing their premium contributions.
The law amended Republic Act 7875 or the National Health Insurance Act of 1995, Section 6 of which previously said that the national health insurance program “shall not be made compulsory in certain provinces and cities” until the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation “shall be able to ensure that members in such localities shall have reasonable access to adequate and acceptable health care services.”
The provision is now amended to say that the program “shall be compulsory in all provinces, cities, and municipalities nationwide, notwithstanding the existence of LGU-based health insrance programs” adding that the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, the DOH, LGUs and other agencies and NGOs “shall ensure that members in such localities shall have access to quality and cost-effective health care services.”
“Iyong coverage po nito ay ngayon mandatory na,” deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said.
The law enacts Senate Bill 2849 and House Bill 6048. -Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
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