House Bill 6069

"House Bill No. 6069, titled an Act Creating National Government Hospital Corporations authored by Bacolod Rep. Anthony Golez, and Senate Bill No. 3110, or the National Government Hospital Corporate Restructuring Act proposed by Sen. Franklin Drilon, would lead to privatization of hospitals, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño had warned.

Golez earlier explained that his bill proposed to give 26 national government hospitals, including Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, the status of corporations that would give them fiscal autonomy.

He said House Bill No. 6069 would allow hospitals to engage in income-generating activities, enabling these to provide more efficient and effective delivery of health care.

In turn, revenue earned by the hospitals could be used to subsidize health services for the poor, Golez said.
The conversion of hospitals into corporations would allow them to be self-reliant and have more than enough funds to be used for health services for the poor, he added.

But in an interview last week, Casiño said the privatization of public hospitals was a “grand disguised privatization scheme” that would enable government to drop its responsibility to provide health care to the people."

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Reflection:

Base sa aking pagintindi sa House Bill 6069, ang kanilang layunin ay gawing National Government Hospital Corporations ang mga private hospitals. Ako ay sumasang ayon sa bill na ito dahil kapag ang mga ito ay napasa-gobyerno, maraming mahihirap ang matutulungan pagdating sa health services. Tsaka, ayon sa artikulong nabasa ko sa itaas, ang house bill 6069 daw ay ang magpapaimprove ng delivery of health care at magiging libre din ang pagpapa ospital ng mga mahihirap. Ang house bill na ito ay makakatulong sa ating lahat dahil ang tanging layunin lang naman nito is matulungan tayong mga mamamayan pagdating sa pagpapa ospital. Yan ang aking opinyon.

+sheryl oposa