OSG asks SC to junk petition blocking transfer of excess PhilHealth funds

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OSG asks SC to junk petition blocking transfer of excess PhilHealth funds
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The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the petition seeking to prevent the transfer of unused P89.9-billion government subsidies to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. back to the National Treasury.In an 85-page comment filed on Sept. 4, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra raised arguments related to the petition filed by Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, the Philippine Medical Association, and former finance undersecretary Cielo Magno last Aug.

""Assuming that there are challenges, roadblocks, and shortcomings in achieving the purposes of the UHCA , the same are matters only of its implementation, and are not tantamount to a violation of the right to health, as erroneously espoused by petitioners," Guevarra said."All told, there is no violation of the people's right to health in this case.

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