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Medical aid with no strings attached

January 18, 2026
President Marcos signed earlier this month the P6.7 trillion national budget for 2026, which includes P51 billion for the government’s controversial Medical Assistance for Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (Maifip)—dubbed by critics as political patronage in the guise of medical assistance. Maifip has been likened to the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), declared unconstitutional by […]
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