Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday called for a revamp of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth), as he expressed belief that a group within the state health insurance agency is responsible for setting unreasonable prices for COVID-19 test packages.
Drilon, who earlier flagged the agency for its supposedly overpriced COVID-19 testing packages, said PhilHealth should undergo reorganization to stop corruption within its ranks.
“Siguro panahon na para i-reorganize itong PhilHealth. Hindi ito first time—may ghost dialysis. Bawat may widespread problem sa health at kailangan ang PhilHealth, nakakapagtaka naririning mo yung package nila ay mahigit sa pangangailangan ,” Drilon pointed out. Drilon said that while he doesn’t want to conclude that PhilHealth intended to increase the COVID-19 testing rate, there is a ‘prima facie’ evidence there is an anomaly.“Kailangan bantayan natin ang investigation dahil kapag hindi binantayan ng media ito, makakalimutan na. ,” he stressed.
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