The Health Care Financing Strategy of the Philippines 2023-2028 Towards Universal Health Care (UHC) is a medium-term financing roadmap of the country designed to support the implementation of the reforms in UHC Act. Its primary goal is to reduce household out-of-pocket payment and provide financial risk protection for all Filipinos.
This health care financing strategy responses to challenges in Philippines’ health care financing with 4 key strategies:
- Strategy 1: Increase public funding for health
- Strategy 2: Strengthen financing of primary care
- Strategy 3: Ensure equitable financing for health services and affordable medicine
- Strategy 4: Promote transparency, accountability, and good governance in health
In addition, the implementation and monitoring plan as well as indicators of each strategy are addressed in the document.