Year | Title/description |
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1992 | RA 7432; an act to maximize the contribution of senior citizens to nation building, grand benefits and special privileges, and for other purposes |
1995 | RA 7875; National Health Insurance Act of 1995—creation of PhilHealth with coverage under 50% |
2004 | RA 9257; Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2003, an act granting additional benefits and privileges to senior citizens and amending RA 7432 |
2004 | RA 9241; an act amending RA 7875, stipulated that indigent contributions shall be subsidized by the local government units (LGUs) and the national government |
2004 | Executive Order 276 s. 2004; “Plan 5/25M” enrolled 4.2 million poor families or 21.2 million individuals into the PhilHealth program, funded by the Department of Budget and Management (DMBM) and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) |
2004 | RA 9334; the Congress, through this act, earmarked 2.5% of government revenues from taxes on sin products to the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) |
2008 | RA 9502; Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act providing for cheaper and quality medicines and amending other related laws |
2010 | RA 9994; Expanded Senior Citizens’ Act of 2010, stipulating that all indigent senior citizens shall be covered by the NHIP of PhilHealth |
2010 | Department of Health (DOH) Administrative Order (AO) 2010-0036; focused on increasing enrollment coverage, improving availment of benefits and improved facility preparedness through the Health Facility Enhancement Program (HFEP) |
2011 | PhilHealth Circular No. 011-2011; “No Balance Billing Policy” applied to all PhilHealth Sponsored Program members for specified cases |
2012 | PhilHealth Circular No. 048-2012; the Z Benefit Package developed by PhilHealth aimed to increase financial risk protection using cost-effective interventions |
2012 | RA 10351; Sin Tax Law—restructuring the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products and amending the National Internal Revenue code of 1997 |
2013 | RA 10606; amending RA 7875, shifted subsidizing PhilHealth premiums for Sponsored Program families to the DOH, and the Sin Tax Law to finance expanding of the Sponsored Program |
2014 | RA 10645; an act providing for the mandatory PhilHealth coverage for all senior citizens and amending the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 |
2019 | RA 11223; Universal Health Care (UHC) Act prescribing reforms in the healthcare system |