RA 11223: Universal Health Care Act
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11223]
AN ACT INSTITUTING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL FILIPINOS, PRESCRIBING REFORMS IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Approved,
| (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives |
(Sgd.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate |
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1896 and House Bill No. 5784 was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on December 10, 2018.
| (Sgd.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Secretary General, House of Representatives |
(Sgd.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate |
Approved: February 20, 2019
(Sgd.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines
RESOURCES:
• [PDF] Republic Act No. 11223, February 14, 2019
PRESS RELEASES/PRESS STATEMENTS:
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22 JAN 2019: Senate oks Recto amendment putting P68 B for UHC, Bangsamoro, Rice Tarrification, Coco Dev’t
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04 DEC 2018: On the urgent need to fund certain measures in the 2019 budget
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27 NOV 2018: Salient features of Universal Health Care (UHC) bill and amendments introduced by Recto
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11 OCT 2018: Casino, lotto, sin tax income to finance UHC
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10 OCT 2018: Explanation of Vote on Universal Health Care Act
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29 MAY 2017: Bringing healthcare to Juan and Juana: Universal Healthcare in the communities
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20 DEC 2016: “No PhilHealth ID, No Benefits” policy scrapped – Recto
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20 JUL 2016: “To avoid repeat of GMA case, Recto files bills putting all PCSO funds into health, away from palace hands
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01 APR 2016: To fight sickness, money laundering, make PhilHealth card ‘National ID’
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23 NOV 2015: Philhealth can provide 100% insurance coverage to all Filipinos, Recto insists (part 1 video)
SENATE BILLS/AUTHORED LAWS:
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21 JUL 2016: Senate Bill No. 845: Allocating 70% of the PCSO Charity Fund to support the Universal Health Care
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21 JUL 2016: Senate Bill No. 804: Earmarking PCSO Charity Funds for PhilHealth
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21 JUL 2016: Senate Bill No. 823: Accelerating Universal Health Care coverage, earmarking the entire PCSO Charity Fund for PhilHealth
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21 JUL 2016: Senate Bill No. 811: Earmarking the entire PCSO Charity Fund to modernize Healthcare
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30 JUN 2016: Senate Bill No. 60: Enhanced Universal Healthcare Act of 2016
