US EditionThe 2026 health budget: Turning healthcare from an entitlement to an act of mercy - BusinessWorld Online
Lawmakers increased the discretionary MAIFIP fund to P51 billion, overshadowing PhilHealth's P69.78 billion allocation, raising concerns about funding gaps for 24.5 million indigent Filipinos.
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Speaker Dy says proposed 2026 budget has ‘no insertions’
House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III on Monday stood firm that the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026 approved by the bicameral conference committee has no insertions as the process remained transparent and open to the public.
The 2026 health budget: Turning healthcare from an entitlement to an act of mercy - BusinessWorld Online
The 2026 General Appropriations Bill has completed the bicameral conference committee proceedings, and the budget is set to be ratified by both houses of Congress on Dec. 29. Healthcare workers remain deeply troubled by the 2026 health budget. Seventy-two (72) healthcare professional organizations, led by the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) and the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), are disheartened that our legislators have once again…
The National Senate is debating Budget 2026 and the Fiscal Innocence Act this week. The government is seeking to promulgate the economic package before December 30 under the objective of zero deficit. The House of Senators set for Friday December 26 the treatment of the Fiscal Innocence Act. The bill has half a sanction from the Chamber of Deputies. The initiative amends Law 24,769 on Tax Penal Regime and Law 11,683 on Tax Procedures. The source…
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian admitted that some politicians tried to delay the insertion of projects or increase funds during the Bicameral Conference Committee of the 2026 National Budget. Gatchalian said that during the bicameral conference, he received text messages asking for their projects but the senator refused to identify or name them. He did not grant them and also told them that the usual insertions in the national fund could no longer b…
BICAM FINISHES 2026 BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
After days of meetings that stretched into overtime, the bicameral conference committee completed deliberations on the proposed P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026, clearing the way for its timely enactment and eliminating the risk of a reenacted General Appropriations Act. The assurance was given by House Committee on Appropriations Chair Nueva Ecija Representative Mikaela Angela Suansing and Senate Committee on Finance Chair Senator Win G…
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