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1. PhilHealth has given out P78 billion in benefits to its members – 0:00 2. 60% went to the PRIVATE SECTOR, only 40% to the PUBLIC – 0:08 3. 60% should go to public hospitals to modernize our public healthcare system – 0:23 4. TG: It’s not accredited to

1. DOH Budget for 2016 is P126B. Biggest item in the P126B is PhilHealth – 0:00 2. P43.8B in 2016 (subsidy for the insurance payment of indigent families and senior citizens) – 0:21 3. 15.4 million indigent families and 2.8 million senior citizens covered in P43.8B

Mr. President: Budget comes from the old French word bougette, which means “bag” or “purse.” In the olden days, a person’s entire wealth could fit in a bougette, and so did the entire budget of a government office. During the birth of our Republic, Heneral Luna was said to have