41% out-of-pocket health spending still too high — Go

The Manila Times 16 h Philippines

SEN. Bong Go on Thursday welcomed the decline in Filipinos’ out-of-pocket health spending but said the current 41 percent level remains unacceptably high. Go urged the government to expand PhilHealth benefits and strengthen public health care to protect families from the financial burden of illness. He said the drop from 55 percent in 2020 was “a good development, but we should not be

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