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“The pilfering of the #ReserveFunds is a grave disservice to the #FilipinoPeople who depend on #PhilHealth for financial risk protection from #illness and who are still heavily burdened by out-of-pocket #HealthExpenditure." said the group of petitioners led by Senator Aquilino #KokoPimentel III

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Pimentel-led group seeks to block P89B transfer of Philhealth fund to #NationalBudget
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/koko-pimentel-led-group-seeks-block-transfer-philhealth-fund-national-budget/

Pimentel-led group seeks to block P89B transfer of Philhealth fund to national budget

Finance Secretary Ralph Recto defends the transfer and says his agency is just doing what the law empowers them to do

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Tero KankaanperäNov 27, 2023
When you're finding places in you budget to fund tax cuts, this is probably one of the stupidest and most shortsighted place to choose:
New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/27/new-zealand-scraps-world-first-smoking-generation-ban-to-fund-tax-cuts
#tobacco #taxcuts #healthexpenditure #future #smoking
New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts

Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

The Guardian
Croakey Health MediaNov 29, 2022

The latest national data on health expenditure shows that total spending for 2020-21 was another record year, reports health policy analyst Charles Maskell-Knight.

No-one should be surprised by this, he adds, as an expanding and ageing population means t
https://www.croakey.org/175762-2/
#COVID-19 #Healthandagedcareworkforces #healthfinancingandcosts #hospitals #outofpocketcosts #privatehealthinsurance #Publichealth #telehealth ##auspol ##CroakeyNews ##healthexpenditure #AIHW #health