He said Philhealth will turn over the distribution of the free health cards to the Department of Health (DOH).
The Aquino administration has earlier targeted to make the country’s health insurance system accessible to all Filipinos in the next three years.
But Sollesta said politicians remain a major source of free health card distribution to the country’s poorest during election times.[]
”I don’t know if the President would still want to continue the program once the coverage will lapse after a year,” he said.[]