The alleged anomalies hounding the PhilHealth underscores the need for more financial forensics experts in the country, Cayetano said. | NAMercadoINQ
Cayetano said that if such anomalies could take place in PhilHealth, then it could also happen in other government financial institutions.“Kung nagkaroon ng isang instance of corruption medyo expected na natin yan pero kung totoong months, years na yung corruption dyan at hindi nabubuko, hindi nai-expose, hindi nare-remedy, that’s a very, very big problem,” the Speaker added.
PhilHealth is currently under investigation in both the House and the Senate over the alleged irregularities within the agency. In a hearing conducted on Tuesday morning, Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor, who chairs the House committee on public accounts, said that computed conservatively at 20 percent as set by the COA, PhilHealth has lost P102 billion due to overpayment from 2013 to 2018.
Aside from this, Defensor added that computed at 10 percent, PhilHealth has likewise lost P51.2 billion due to fraud in the same timeframe.“Tinataya na P153 billion magmula 2013 na nagsimula and case rate to 2018 ang nawalang pondo sa PhilHealth,” Defensor said.
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