PARTY-LIST group Akbayan called on the national government to return a transferred portion of the P89.9 billion in unspent funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to "bolster" health care services and that it should be used to improve services to senior citizens, persons with disabilities and indigent Filipinos.
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno, who serves as Akbayan's first nominee in the upcoming party-list election, made the call before the third tranche of fund transfers to the national treasury could be done next month.
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