Healthcare Must Be Justice, Not Charity
President Marcos claimed in his SONA that patients no longer need guarantee letters for medical assistance. Yet, the reality tells a different story.
At the Philippine Heart Center, patients are still required to present a certificate of indigency, eligibility forms, and justification letters—layers of bureaucracy that delay care and diminish dignity.
Guarantee letters have become symbols of inequality. They force families to beg for endorsements instead of receiving help as a right.
If the President truly wants to understand the people’s suffering, he should walk the hospital corridors himself—not rely solely on filtered reports.
Universal Health Care means automatic coverage through PhilHealth, not political favors through guarantee letters.
Transparency. Accountability. Integrity. These are not optional—they are constitutional duties.
Healthcare must be justice, not charity.
Respectfully,
Dr. Tony Leachon
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