DOH proposes 80% of Maifip to fund ‘zero balance’ billing

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday proposed a special provision to its Medical Assistance to Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients (Maifip) program that will allocate 80 percent of its budget to the zero balance billing policy implemented in local hospitals. Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David on Sunday criticized the Maifip program as