The Anakalusugan party-list marked its first 100 days in Congress by conducting a medical mission and distributing food packs to victims of typhoons Karding and Paeng in the provinces of Bulacan, Batangas, and Antique.
The medical missions also covered dental, optical and laboratory services held during the congressional recess last month.
“The number of patients willing to avail these free services goes to show that PhilHealth needs to widen its coverage, and most importantly improve its case rate which hasn’t been updated for the past 20 years,” Rep. Ray Florence Reyes said.
“We could not have done this without the support of the Speaker (Martin Romualdez) and the men and women of Rise Against Hunger-Philippines, who recognized the severity of the situation. They acted swiftly and our local network of volunteers delivered the goods to the most affected families,” Reyes said.
“As public servants, our duty to the Filipino people does not begin and end in the halls of Congress. Being on the ground and listening to their needs is indeed a more proactive use of the break to discern what more laws and measures we should pass to respond to these necessities,” the solon said.
“I look forward to more productive years in service to prove to those who believed in us that we are not wasting a single dime of their taxes and that their trust is not wasted in us,” he added.
Reyes has so0 far filed 21 bills and resolutions, and co-authored eight measures in Congress. Among his proposed laws are the Free Annual Medical Check-up Act, Medical Bill Transparency Act, Regional Specialty Hospitals Act, a bill addressing the social health insurance crisis, and another aimed at strengthening Mental Health Services in schools.
He also filed resolutions prompting investigation on the loopholes of the government’s vaccination program, seeking to put a stop to the problematic operations of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and another measure investigating the reported fund depletion adversely affecting the actuarial life of Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth)..
“With a steadfast resolve to uphold the very values that brought us to this opportunity to serve our people, we hope that we are on the right trajectory towards achieving our vision of a healthier nation,” he added.