Sin tax to ensure funding for health care

Sin tax to ensure funding for health care – Ejercito

By Bernadette E. Tamayo

Jan 10, 2019 12:21 am

SEN. Joseph Victor Ejercito on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte’s support for additional excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol products is beneficial to the government’s health care program.

“That is welcome, of course, since it will ensure funding for the Universal Health Care Program,” he said.

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