FILIPINOS can now have more equitable access to quality and affordable health care services after the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) formally signed on May 30, 2022, a joint circular operationalizing their respective fund allocations for Universal Health Care (UHC).

The circular — which details the operational guidelines for both agencies to remit funds to the General Appropriations Act as a national government subsidy for the improvement of benefit packages — was signed by Pagcor Chairman and CEO Andrea Domingo and PCSO Chairman Anselmo Simeon Pinili at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) head office in Pasig City.