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🇵🇭 Why MAIFIP Feels Wrong — And Why It Matters for Every Filipino
Dr. Tony Leachon
We all want a health system that protects people — not one that forces them to beg for help.
That’s why so many Filipinos are uneasy about MAIFIP.
Because MAIFIP doesn’t strengthen Universal Health Care.
It sidesteps it.
Under the UHC Law, every Filipino should have automatic, rules‑based access to care through PhilHealth. No gatekeepers. No endorsements. No politics.
But MAIFIP creates a parallel, discretionary system where access depends on letters, offices, and influence.
That’s not universal care — that’s selective care.
And here’s the deeper issue:
The Supreme Court already struck down pork‑style programs that let politicians influence who gets public funds.
MAIFIP looks and feels like a return to that old system.
When health care becomes political, patients lose dignity.
When funds bypass UHC, the system weakens.
When programs depend on discretion, not rights, inequality grows.
Filipinos deserve a health system that is fair, automatic, and free from political mediation — exactly what UHC was designed to build.
Strengthen UHC.
Protect PhilHealth funds.
End discretionary health financing.
Put patients — not politics — at the center.
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