Legarda Pushes for Swift Passage of Amended Nat’l Health Insurance Act

June 4, 2011

SENATOR LOREN LEGARDA CALLED FOR THE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF THE BILL AMENDING THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT AS SHE EXPRESSED ALARM OVER THE FACT THAT MORE THAN 20 MILLION POOR FILIPINOS ARE YET TO BE COVERED BY THE GOVERNMENT’S HEALTHCARE PROGRAM.
In her co-sponsorship speech for Senate Bill 2849, An Act Amending National Health Insurance Act of 1995 (Republic Act 7875), Legarda said about 4.7 million indigent families or 23.5 million Filipinos have yet to be covered under the National […]

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