PhilHealth funds 'diversion' slammed

by Via Bianca Ramones - Red Mendoza

Jul 20, 2024 12:22 am

(UPDATES) MORE than 60 health care worker groups on Friday urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to order the return of the P89.9 billion in unused funds to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).

The groups stressed in a press conference that the fund should be used to meet the health care needs of the underprivileged.

Bu Castro, former president of the Philippine Medical Association. TMT file photo

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