FACT CHECK: Hontiveros not included in SC ruling on PhilHealth unauthorized perks

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FACT CHECK: Hontiveros not included in SC ruling on PhilHealth unauthorized perks
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Senator Risa Hontiveros could not have been involved in the release of unauthorized allowances in 2010 as the senator became a PhilHealth board member in 2014

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A recent Supreme Court ruling sentenced Senator Risa Hontiveros for the unauthorized bonuses paid to Philippine Health Insurance Corporation officials and employees in 2010. The claim was made in YouTube videos posted on June 17. One of the videos has 4,988 views and was posted by a channel with 27,000 subscribers. Another channel with 116,000 subscribers posted a video with a similar claim. Grabe to! PhilHealth ni Hontiveros hinatulan ng korte.

“Former Board Member and now Senator Risa Hontiveros is not included in the subject Notice of Disallowance ,” Baleña said in an email to Vera Files. upholding the notices of disallowances issued by the Commission on Audit . The state auditor had flagged Philhealth’s issuance of allowances totaling P43.8 million to its officials and employees in 2010.

In its 15-page decision, the High Court junked PhilHealth’s petition to set aside COA’s 2016 ruling and 2020 resolution, which denied the state insurer’s petition for a review of the notice for lack of merit. The SC noted that COA did not commit grave abuse of discretion, and said PhilHealth “must ensure the availability of funds and must carry out its fiduciary responsibility through effective stewardship, proper management, and maintenance of reserves.

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