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PACPACO prehensive Tax Reform pro_
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$OUSE Maiority Leader and gram(CTRp). lthau it caunot be a national
Leyte Rep. IWartin Romual- r,ouout said Duque, which
cez-5resterday assured the , . Romualdezsaid,,healthis qrew. -'dlsappoindent
ngnt"tan<irresident
b?ri" rignt and lJresident p_oslhon lawmakels to op_
P3bqc th+ tlrc House leader_ I1rril$rc Duterte ,,will led 6v.
snrp nas been working verv ftodrigo work
to protect and promote the lvlanrla Fp"eg Minoriry Leader anfr
to.lSStth-of the plople Abante. ltep. Bienvenido
hard to address tfre fuiainl
Blp o+-the implementadofi lgft and instill health consoousi_ -
or-ttre Univensal Health Care
(UHC)law. ne!fr|nong rhem.,, .-We cannotdo a national
rollout because of budeet_
. rnegovemnnentisadont_ ary
-Romualdez, Ffouse com_ constraints and also"U-J-
mittee on ntes chair; stressed mg, an integrated and coin_ cause of the readiness. We
prenensrye approadr to health
grs. af-ter tne House of Repre_ need to do capacity build_
oevetopment which will mg tr] the different irovinc-
ffiffiRffiI;'#i",fl:,
proposed law on additi6nJ
make essential goods, health_
and. otfier social services
es, wfro under the law will
conver.gence :p oints
exgry taxes on_alcohol pioa_ :.",1+9
ot mtegration,,' Duqu'e add_
ucts, heated tobacco anll rru_ ##f;:i:"""#,,9:f;gta::
porproducts. mualdez.
E?llis1, the DoH said it
"Speaker (Alan peter) Cav_ . DuringtheHousecommit_ yortld need p257 billion for
rce on appropriations hearine
etano tasked w to addr#s tfre me first-year of implementa_
runctrng gap for the imple_ ' yesterday, Health SecretarV uonoftheUHClaiv. "
lrancisc_o Duque admitted In next ydar,s national
frffi',fl"8*:l$"."H:fi'ol ppleqrentation
,a:-tg
*rX .bg.oo natio4wide* ,
arordable and bettei health of the
tawin 2020 because of lack
llHC i|tfTiiiiHf;,J X,*::
care. service for Filipinos.
This readiness and budgetary oi pne Health Insurance ComL
p algq, our com:riitment to straints- con_
laugn _q1d p92.2 billion ?or
rre.sident Duterte,s better the DoH to strengthen its im_
pleroentation-
nealth care seryice forFilioi_
nos," said Rorhuaftl", on-fie tuff':Hii.?ffiffH;I .

uon of the Univer3al Health __ Also in the same hearine.

tto_use senior Deputy
Minofij
ry.r-e4er and Iloilo Rep.
Jan_
ejte-Garin hit Duqub jaid
IgL,w19. not a sin-gle inci_
T.lt tf"I Uru Food arid th,rss
nomrmstration (FDA) rE_
ca ued the certificate of prod_
Sqt Tegrstration (CpR) i"h;
rrus_lssue was used to stop
the
uengvaxia vaccine.
"There has been no orod_
uct recall on the basis ol dufi_
crent-document submission
Tg,!f.nt ttr" basis for product
recau rs actually adveise find_
mgs
9n thg product ibelf, con_
cernrng the product. That is
yhywe have surveillance of
these products precisely to
morut-or through pharhra_
congrlance the status of that
proguct-once it has been in_
marke!"said
$ffiffio"the
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