Legal preparedness during ‘business unusual’ As published in the Inquirer on May 13, 2020 By Patricia B. Miranda and Salma F. Angkaya-Kuhutan The COVID-19 crisis is teaching us very hard lessons about what happens when we fail to collectively anticipate and plan for this type of worst-case scenario. Aside from our health care system, the building…
February 20, 2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11223 AN ACT INSTITUTING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL FILIPINOS, PRESCRIBING REFORMS IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR CHAPTER 1 General Provisions SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Universal Health Care Act.” SECTION 2. Declaration of Principles and Policies. — It is the…