UHC Exam (2026/2027) | Actual Questions and Answers Latest
Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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what filipinos can expect from the universal health care law?
- ✔✔all filipinos will be granted health coverage but not everything will be free
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universal health care law
i. - ✔✔- all Filipinos are covered
ii. - it is not completely free
iii. - PhilHealth will become the "national purchaser" of health goods and services
iv. - DOH will still be in charge of "population-based" health services
v. - health systems will become city-wide and province-wide
vi. - A "Health Technology and Assessment Council" (HTAC) will be created
vii. - health information will be collected
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UHCL by NEDA
i. - ✔✔policy issue 1: limited coverage of the national health insurance program
ii. 2: overlapping of functions of govt agencies
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policy issue 1
i. - ✔✔- limited coverage of the national health insurance program
ii. --- in 2017, about 54.5% of total health payment came from Filipinos' own pocket, with
medicines and drugs as the main contributors. Lack of PhilHealth coverage of medicines for
outpatients and the high cost of drugs and medicines in the country push the out-of-pocket
expenditure up.
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policy issue 2
i. - ✔✔- overlapping of functions of govt agencies
ii. --- the Philippine health system has been operating on a devolved set-up. The Department
of Health supervises specialty, DOH-retained, and regional hospitals. The Department of
National Defense runs military hospitals. And local government units operate their
respective health facilities.
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clarified roles under the universal health care law
i. - ✔✔- department of health and local government units
ii. - philhealth
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population based health services
, - ✔✔refers to interventions, such as health promotion, disease surveillance, and vector
control, that address population-wide concerns.
•
individual based health services
- ✔✔refers to services that can be accessed within a health facility or remotely, and can be
definitively traced back to one recipient
•
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary
- ✔✔Ernesto M. Pernia
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Republic Act. No 11223
- ✔✔Universal Health Care Act
•
Universal Health Care Act
- ✔✔it is the policy of the state to protect and promote the right to health of all Filipinos and
instill health consciousness among them
•
Universal Health Care Act
i. - ✔✔An integrated and comprehensive approach to ensure that all Filipinos are health
ii. literate, provided with healthy living conditions, and protected from hazards and
iii. risks that could affect their health
•
Universal Health Care Act
i. - ✔✔A health care model that provides all Filipinos access to a comprehensive set of
ii. quality and cost-effective, promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative
iii. health services without causing financial hardship,, and prioritizes the needs of the
iv. population who cannot afford such services
•
Universal Health Care Act
i. - ✔✔A framework that fosters a whole-of-system, whole-of-government, and
whole-ofsociety
ii. approach in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of
iii. health policies, programs and plans
•
Universal Health Care Act
i. - ✔✔A people-oriented approach for the delivery of health services that is centered on
ii. people's needs and well-being, and cognizant of the differences in culture, values, and
iii. beliefs
Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
•
what filipinos can expect from the universal health care law?
- ✔✔all filipinos will be granted health coverage but not everything will be free
•
universal health care law
i. - ✔✔- all Filipinos are covered
ii. - it is not completely free
iii. - PhilHealth will become the "national purchaser" of health goods and services
iv. - DOH will still be in charge of "population-based" health services
v. - health systems will become city-wide and province-wide
vi. - A "Health Technology and Assessment Council" (HTAC) will be created
vii. - health information will be collected
•
UHCL by NEDA
i. - ✔✔policy issue 1: limited coverage of the national health insurance program
ii. 2: overlapping of functions of govt agencies
•
policy issue 1
i. - ✔✔- limited coverage of the national health insurance program
ii. --- in 2017, about 54.5% of total health payment came from Filipinos' own pocket, with
medicines and drugs as the main contributors. Lack of PhilHealth coverage of medicines for
outpatients and the high cost of drugs and medicines in the country push the out-of-pocket
expenditure up.
•
policy issue 2
i. - ✔✔- overlapping of functions of govt agencies
ii. --- the Philippine health system has been operating on a devolved set-up. The Department
of Health supervises specialty, DOH-retained, and regional hospitals. The Department of
National Defense runs military hospitals. And local government units operate their
respective health facilities.
•
clarified roles under the universal health care law
i. - ✔✔- department of health and local government units
ii. - philhealth
•
population based health services
, - ✔✔refers to interventions, such as health promotion, disease surveillance, and vector
control, that address population-wide concerns.
•
individual based health services
- ✔✔refers to services that can be accessed within a health facility or remotely, and can be
definitively traced back to one recipient
•
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary
- ✔✔Ernesto M. Pernia
•
Republic Act. No 11223
- ✔✔Universal Health Care Act
•
Universal Health Care Act
- ✔✔it is the policy of the state to protect and promote the right to health of all Filipinos and
instill health consciousness among them
•
Universal Health Care Act
i. - ✔✔An integrated and comprehensive approach to ensure that all Filipinos are health
ii. literate, provided with healthy living conditions, and protected from hazards and
iii. risks that could affect their health
•
Universal Health Care Act
i. - ✔✔A health care model that provides all Filipinos access to a comprehensive set of
ii. quality and cost-effective, promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative
iii. health services without causing financial hardship,, and prioritizes the needs of the
iv. population who cannot afford such services
•
Universal Health Care Act
i. - ✔✔A framework that fosters a whole-of-system, whole-of-government, and
whole-ofsociety
ii. approach in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of
iii. health policies, programs and plans
•
Universal Health Care Act
i. - ✔✔A people-oriented approach for the delivery of health services that is centered on
ii. people's needs and well-being, and cognizant of the differences in culture, values, and
iii. beliefs
