Blocs file bills to suspend SSS, PhilHealth premium hikes
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and the House Makabayan Bloc have filed separate measures seeking to amend laws mandating automatic increases in SSS and PhilHealth contributions.
Velasco's bills, HB 8316 and HB 8317, aim to grant the President authority to suspend these increases during national emergencies.
The Makabayan Bloc's bills, HB 8310 and HB 8311, seek to remove provisions in the Social Security Act of 2018 and the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law that mandate annual contribution rate hikes.
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