Maglalabas ng isang executive order si Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. para sa pagbuo ng Universal Health Care Coordinating Council, upang gawing standard ang health policies na sinusunod ng health facilties sa bansa
“They like to put a national standard and that’s where the council would be able to police or monitor how LGUs and local health systems will be spending funds or income from PhilHealth, income from the other local government units and how the health system can be improved because our health systems are diverse – some are very good, some are very weak so, depending on what their levels are – that’s how the spending will come.” —Secretary Herbosa
Ang Department of Health (DOH) ang magsisilbing council chair, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ang co-chair, at kabilang rin ang Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of Finance (DOF), PhilHealth, Professional Regulation Commission, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), at Department of Education (DepEd).
“The President also asked us to compute really how much it would cost to have equitable healthcare – so, that’s the other direction the council will be doing, compute based on the demographics of the country.” —Secretary Herbosa.
Sa pamamagitan ng hakbang na ito masisiguro ang pinaigting na implementasyon ng Universal Health Care Law sa buong bansa, sa national man o local level.
Magsisilbi rin itong platform upang, matalakay ang mga usaping maaaring kaharapin habang gumugulong ang UHC.
Isa sa mga layon ng hakbang na ito ay ang pagpapatuloy ng healthcare services sa bawat komunidad, kahit mapalitan ang local official na nakaupo.
Ang nangyayari kasi aniya sa kasalukuyan, napapalitan ang mga opisyal ng local health centers, tuwing mayroong bagong alkalde ang nauupo.| ulat ni Racquel Bayan
