18th Congress During the
18th Congress, Anakalusugan had
Mike Defensor as its representative. Defensor proposed the passage of Free Annual Medical Checkup Act that would mandate the government to provide free annual medical examinations to Filipinos. Anakalusugan also played a part in the House of Representatives' probe against Philhealth regarding a corruption scandal involving funds worth billions of pesos in 2020. Amid the
COVID-19 pandemic, Defensor along with Sagip Party-list representative
Rodante Marcoleta initiated an event called "ivermectin pan-three" that distributes the anti-parasitic drug
ivermectin, despite warnings from the World Health Organization on the lack of evidence to support ivermectin's efficacy against COVID-19. == Electoral performance ==