The Senate adopted on Monday the Senate Committee of the Whole’s report on the alleged anomalies in PhilHealth. | CMRamosINQ
These include the supposedly questionable release of funds under the corporation’s Interim Reimbursement Mechanism ; the procurement of allegedly overpriced IT equipment; and the supposed manipulation of the corporation’s financial status.
Prior to its adoption, senators introduced several amendments to the panel report, most of which consisted of additional recommendations in a bid to prevent anomalies and fraudulent activities in PhilHealth from happening again.Among these amendments included a recommendation to the Department of Justice to look into granting immunity to witnesses who will testify against erring, corrupt PhilHealth officials.
Further, PhilHealth was urged to “immediately report on an accurate, truthful, realistic, and data-based analysis and determination of the actuarial life of the corporation to enable it to judiciously allocate its funds and if necessary, to allow the government to effectively intervene towards the desired plan for the corporation.”
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