I AM very sure that millions of Filipinos like me would be very happy if the bill of [Iloilo] Congressman [Ferjenel] Biron on cheaper medicine is approved.
The price of medicine here in our country is so high that an ordinary Filipino cannot even buy a drug for his aching stomach. This bill will prolong the life of every ailing Filipino. I hope and pray that there will be more people like him who will come out and fight for the benefit of his kapwa (fellow) Filipino.
Congratulations and good luck.
– Etrellita Mendoza, Nueva Vizcaya (via e-mail)
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December 14th, 2007 at 11:33 am
I hope that media focus its attention to cheaper medicine bill (CMB). ang tatapang nila sa manila pen eh bat ni nde nila man lang ma scratch ang CMB na ito!!! hala mga taga channel 2 ipakita nyo na concern kayo sa mahihirap. i feature nyo ang CMB palagi! nakapagtataka walang nakikialam dito samantalang yung manila pen seige minu-minuto may news alert. eto na naman prc, inuuna nyo pa yan, pati yung awayan ng omb-sen. bong!!!! unahin nyo tong makakatulong sa mga may sakit at mahihirap nating kababayan!!! o baka naman na “gamot” na rin kayo?
October 10th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
there is more actually to talk about the cheaper medicine bill…i had read once a commentary in philippine star saying that cheaper connoted low quality…in some cases, it could imply such but not all times…not because it is cheaper and affordable, it would immediately signify that it is sub-standard and whatever misnomers people may call it…
anyway, kudos to those people involved in non-government organizations lobbying and conintuosly advocating this bill in the congress…i really don;t understant why such excellent bill is being hampered and not supported by some law makers…hope it was not because they have personal interests to cover…
August 29th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Solution is simple,bawasan lang ang representation ng mga detailman towards doctors. Eliminate sponsonring travels and golf tournaments ng mga doctor. Pharmaceutical companies are spending to much sa promo ng gamot nila. They spend more money in promoting their products than research.
August 11th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
KURT.. if you think the filipino health care system is bad… look at the american health care system.. The Phil’s health care system may be shocking to the rest of the world.. but as filipinos, we have been used to it.. It’s no longer a surprise. When the poor gets sick, they die, when the rich gets sick.. THEY DIE LATER.. its an ode that i love to say everytime.. it does not matter to us anymore.. good on you, your country’s health care system is very good..mine is not so good. but guess what? you and me, we will end up 6 feet under.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:15 am
As a foreigner with a Filipino family, I can compare very well the costs of medicine and medical treatment.
Sure, most of this is more expensive abroad if just counted through money. But if counted by income and purchase power, RP is extreme expensive. I have to us some medicines which here are practically at the same price than in Europe, about 1300 Pesos. But while here it means for many people half of their monthly net income, there it is just a 2 hours salary or even less. And additional, at least 80% will be shouldered by health insurance which of course is then much more expensive than here.
The most disappointing matter here is, that despite the pushed Peso rate against the Dollar (on which imports usually are billed since no international business accepts Pesos as import payment) nothing of all the products imported by now cheap Dollars became cheaper in Pesos. It is very contrary, near all increases. So, the importing businesses must have double profit, on the much less Pesos needed to buy the Dollars and too, the steady increasing Peso prices. It is like shoveling money from the poor to the rich.
That Bangko Central has more and more Dollar reserves is easy to understand when they buy Dollars, from OFW’s, business, tourists etc., with much less Pesos. Not to mention that they can even print Pesos for buying Dollars.
If this has anything to do with pro poor, this have Filipinos to decide. At least even I feel the impact when maintaining my family and their medical needs.