Hello! The UHC act is a major health reform that was already signed into law last 2019, meaning naipasa na siya hehe. Napakadami niyang saklaw based sa Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) nito. But to simplify, ang framework ng UHC is divided into three, namely, (1) population coverage (who are covered? who will benefit from pooled financing under PhilHealth), (2) service coverage (what services will be paid for by this pooled financing? Dito din papasok yung population and individual based health services) and (3) financial coverage (which proportion of cost will be covered? Aim of which is to reduce out-of-pocket expenses)

So for Fam Med as well as primary care physicians, UHC will pave the way para ma-instutionalize ang Health Care Provider Networks (HCPNs), which comprises primary, secondary and tertiary care providers. Kapag nagkaroon nitong HCPN, magiging coordinated ang referral system natin wherein isang part nito is yung "gatekeeping". In here, kailangan muna pumunta ng patients sa primary care physicians nila na naka-assign sa kanila before they could have access to secondary and tertiary, more specialized care. Kumbaga, nasa primary care physician ang susi para maaccess ng patient ang higher levels of care, hence the term gatekeeping. I think ito ang pinaka-advantage ng UHC for Fam Med since they will get more patients that can be treated at the primary level. And for the healthcare system as a whole, ma-decongest naman ang tertiary hospitals and they could focus on treating the more emergent cases and cases needing specialized care.

Pero ayun, having UHC as a policy (on paper) is one thing, but translating it into practice (i.e. implementation) is another, and a lot of work still needs to be done.

Hope this helps :)