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Healthcare in the Phillippines

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Healthcare in the Philippines is provided by the national and local governments, but people mostly have to pay for themselves.

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation was started in 1995 to set up to change this. It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation of the Philippines. [1]

In 2023 many people are still not covered, and especially on the smaller islands, access to healthcare is very difficult.[2]

References

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  1. "Philippine Health Insurance Corporation". www.philhealth.gov.ph. Archived from the original on 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  2. "Agutaya archipelago doctor who cared for 13,000 people on her own". BBC News. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-10.