Go sets conditions for approval of Health budget

SEN. Bong Go called for the suspension of Wednesday's deliberations on the proposed budgets of the Department of Health (DoH) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) until the two agencies' commitments to serve poor and indigent patients were fulfilled and formalized through signed commitment letters.

Before the Committee on Finance Subcommittee D, presided over by Sen. Pia Cayetano, could approve the proposed 2025 health budget, Go outlined his demands for written commitments from both PhilHealth and the DoH.

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