Senator Christopher Lawrence ‘’Bong’’ Go, author and sponsor of Senate Bill No. 1076, known as the Malasakit Center Act of 2019, said the bill sought the consolidation of the assistance provided by the DOH, Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office under one roof so that patients would no longer have to endure long lines in different agencies to avail of aid.
The health committee of the House of Representatives recently approved its version of the Malasakit Center bill. “Data from Mercer Marsh Benefits 2019 Medical Trends Around the World showed that medical inflation rate will outpace the actual inflation in the country and is projected to rise to 13.7 percent. This makes our medical inflation rate the second highest in the Association of South East Asian Nations region, next to Vietnam’s 14.2 percent,” Go said.
Go said one of the functions of the Malasakit Centers would be to provide patient navigation and referral to the health care provider networks.
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