MANILA, Philippines —Three committees in the Senate have endorsed for plenary approval a bill that will institutionalize the Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (Maifip) through the Universal Healthcare Medical Assistance Program (UHC MAP). Senate Bill No. 1593, which seeks to establish the UHC MAP, was recently approved by the Senate committees on health and demography; social justice, welfare and rural development; and finance. “With the overarching goal of ensuring adequate financial protection for all Filipinos in need of medical care, there is, hereby, established the Universal Healthcare Medical Assistance Program (UHC МАР),  which shall provide medical assistance for a range of medical services […]... Keep on reading: 3 Senate panels approve universal healthcare medical aid program bill