VOTING 14-0-0, the Senate on Wednesday passed on third and final reading the landmark Universal Health Care Bill hours after President Rodrigo Duterte certified its passage as urgent.

The senators approved Senate Bill 1896, which seeks to guarantee equal access to quality and affordable health services for all Filipinos.

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