WIRE — MANILA, Philippines — More than 1,100 hospitals nationwide still do not offer zero-balance billing, Sen. Pia Cayetano said Tuesday, a day after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. touted the program in his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona). "More than 1,100 hospitals do not have zero-balance billing," Cayetano said in her privilege speech, noting that
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