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Aside from amending the Universal Health Care Act to transfer PhilHealth to the Department of Finance, Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes is considering giving other agencies roles in providing universal health care. “I am looking at giving health maintenance organization roles or mandates to the Social Security System, the Government Service Insurance System, the […]
New laws are not needed to address most complaints on discounts for seniors and PWDs, according to ranking members of the House of Representatives. Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes pointed out that the charter of the PhilSys ID is Republic Act 11055. “It has provisions in its Section 8 for ‘special arrangements’ for the […]
The House of Representatives has approved at the committee level the proposed Comprehensive Renal Replacement Therapy Act which provides sets of policies on kidney transplantation, peritoneal dialysis, and hemodialysis, including making these therapies affordable to all seniors and indigents and expands the PhilHealth transplant benefit package. It was Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes who […]
The House of Representatives unanimously approved on final reading a measure increasing the discount granted to senior citizens on their monthly electric and water consumption and exempting such bills from value-added tax. With 203 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and no abstention, the chamber passed on third and final reading House Bill 10568, which would […]
A party-list lawmaker urged local government units (LGUs) to allow walk-in vaccinations for senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and immunocompromised individuals. Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes made the call after Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire reported that 1.5 million seniors have not yet received any vaccine. “Instead of online registration, […]
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives urged the Department of Health to remove or suspend the limit in the dispensing of over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs. In filing House Resolution 2420, Senior Citizens Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes said the limitation on dispensing prescription and OTC drugs to senior citizens has led to numerous complaints […]
To eliminate the hesitancy of the elderly in getting vaccinated, Senior Citizens Partylist Representative Ompong Ordanes called on the Department of Health (DOH) to explain what best COVID-19 vaccine should be given them.“Ang dapat na maipaliwanag ng [DOH] ay kung alin ba ang pinakamagandang bakuna sa aming mga senior citizens. Sila po ang nakakaalam nyan […]