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As part of his legislative agenda aimed at helping the Duterte administration achieve positive genuine change felt by all Filipinos, Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go personally filed his first 10 Legislative measures at the Philippine Senate. Go's first filed bill seeks to institutionalize the establishment of Malasakit Centers in more provinces and strategic urban centers in the country to make quality healthcare more affordable and accessible to all Filipinos.
Based on his idea, the Malasakit Center is a continuing program of the administration seeking to make it easier and faster for indigent patients to avail of medical and financial assistance from the government by bringing together under one roof all concerned agencies such as the DOH, DSWD, PCSO, and PhilHealth. Go added that Malasakit Centers will be a one-stop shop for medical and financial assistance and a health care processing center for patient assistance to complement the implementation of Universal Healthcare Law.
Second, Go expressed his support in...