Problem Solving the Philippines: The Outpatient Benefit the UHC Act Promised in Two Years
Part 4 of The UHC Series: what PhilHealth’s circulars say about the comprehensive outpatient benefit, from Konsulta to YAKAP and GAMOT, and where the news and the documents disagree.
Problem Solving the Philippines: Whose Money? The PhilHealth Reserve Rule, the Supreme Court and the Numbers
Part 3 of The UHC Series: what the UHC Act says about PhilHealth’s money, what the Supreme Court decided, and what the latest numbers show.
Problem Solving the Philippines: The Study I Can’t Find, and the Rules Under the Universal Health Care Act
Part 2 of The UHC Series: I could not find the independent study that the UHC Act makes the gate for integrating local health systems, and the implementing rules restate four of the Act’s deadlines.
Problem Solving the Philippines: What the Universal Health Care Act Promises, and Who Has to Deliver It
Part 1 of The UHC Series: what Republic Act 11223 promises, and who has to deliver it.
The Philippines Is a Legal Hybrid: Does the Mix Cost Us the Rules of the Game?
The Philippines runs on Spanish-derived civil law and American-derived common law at once. Where each came from, how we ended up with both, and whether the mix makes it harder to know the rules of the game.




