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“While the people are paying high out-of-pocket expenses, [the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or] Philhealth is earning so much profit that the Department of Finance wants to get the surplus funds for other unprogrammed expenses like Maharlika investment,” De la Paz said.
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com Main Story: On Health Workers Day, health workers reiterate demand for wage hike, a stop to privatization Other Story: Gov’t temporary employment program for nurses, exploitative MANILA – Life is getting more and more difficult...
Media Release 15 September 2010 The more than 100% rise in dengue cases has unraveled what the Aquino government should and should not be doing. According to Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD), there is a need to re-emphasize preventive and primary care programs...
Judging from the proposed 2011 national government budget for health, the administration of Benigno Simeon Aquino III does not believe that improving healthcare is a priority. The P 32.028 billion budget of the Department of Health is a far cry from the World...
Constancio “Chandu” Claver, a doctor in Kalinga for the past 25 years, accused the government and the military of masterminding the attack that killed his wife, Alice, and traumatized his seven-year-old daughter Cassandra. “We believe that the killers of my wife...
Media Release 21 March 2010 There is no official statement from either the Department of Health or the Philippine Medical Association stating that the 43 detainees are not health workers. According to Health Alliance for Democracy, neither the DOH nor the PMA has...
The Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) warned that the administrative order (AO) issued by the DoH March 24, which is supposedly aimed at eradicating the thriving black market of kidney trade would only pave the way for the virtual legalization of organ trade...
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