HB 1552
House·20th Congress·Filed Jul 8, 2025
An Act Strengthening the Philippine Healthcare System to Achieve Efficiency and Equity, and to Improve Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 11223, Otherwise Known as the "Universal Health Care Act”
In plain language
The bill updates the Universal Health Care law to set actuarially‑based premiums, have the government share costs for migrant workers, cap PhilHealth’s reserves and admin expenses, let the health secretary vote on the PhilHealth board, open benefit delivery to competition, let local governments run their own health funds, create a national UHC Coordinating Council, require yearly external audits, and strengthen health technology assessment and electronic health records.
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