Filipino-American group US Medicare PH, Inc. is optimistic that its drive to make US Medicare services portable in the Philippines for Filipinos will see fulfillment by December next year.
Eric Lachica, organizer of US Medicare PH, revealed to Asian Journal during the Global Summit of Filipinos in Diaspora in Pasay City that his group is targeting to have US Congress’ approval by December of 2012.
Last May, Asian Journal reported that the group met with US representatives Steve Austria and Jim McDermotta, member of the House Ways & Means Health subcommittee. The former was “very interested in the proposal because of the cost savings.”
Lachica said this is why it is important that major hospitals in the country adjust their capabilities and level of services a notch higher to be acceptable in the standards of US Medicare.
“This means training among the hospitals in the Philippines is a must. The hospital quality is very vital to get US’s “yes,”” he said.
The main factor, which US Medicare PH, Inc. is emphasizing to US Congress, is the hefty cut on costs for the US Government, especially now that President Barack Obama declared the need to save trillion dollars.
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