THE Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) move to provide free tuition for medical students in select state universities and colleges (SUCs) is a good start but it should also convince Congress to act and pass a law that would ensure the continuity of the program, Sen. Juan Edgardo Angara said on Sunday.

Angara expressed hope that with the initiative of CHED, lawmakers would now find it necessary to make the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 1157 a priority.

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