Sarangani is crafting the policies and implementing parameters for the national government’s UHC program, as the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. said it was ready to provide the P200 million for the full medical and hospital services.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Sarangani is crafting the policies and implementing parameters for the national government’s Universal Health Care program, as the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. said it was ready to provide the P200 million for the full medical and hospital services for the province’s constituents.
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Arvin C. Alejandro said Sarangani province, as with many other provincial local governments were unable to implement the program after it was enacted “because of lack of appropriate funding.” The project is an implementation mechanism to achieve the objective of UHC, which seeks to provide comprehensive outpatient benefits and primary healthcare to its members, he said.
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