Health and Demography

Senate Bill No. 3342 Palliative and End of Life Care Act of 2012

The bill proposes that all government and private hospitals and health centers provide palliative care and end of life services to all patients with life-threatening illness. It further mandates all provinces, cities and municipalities to establish community-based hospice units and …

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Senate Bill No. 18 National Health Insurance Act (Co-author)

To bring about better quality of life and promote well-being of every Filipino, this bill seeks to provide automatic enrollment of all citizens in the National Health Insurance Program.

Date filed: 1 July 2010
Author: Senator Antonio F. Trillanes
Co – author: Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
Status: Substituted by SBN 2849, which is pending on second reading on 31 May 2011

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