The sharing of data among government agencies under the national ID system could help prevent fraudulent transactions such as the “ghost dialysis” scandal now plaguing the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), Sen. Franklin Drilon said on Friday. The Senate Minority Leader said full implementation of the national ID system would provide a foolproof mechanism to verify the existence of a person, as well as to determine whether he or she is still alive. Drilon urged PSA, as the repository and custodian of all data and tasked to implement the national ID system, to enhance its data-sharing capability. ADVERTISEMENTHe said the objectives of the law would be achieved more efficiently if PSA would be more open to sharing data relevant to service delivery. “The establishment of a single national ID system and an effective data sharing between and among government agencies could help prevent fraudulent transactions from arising in the future,” Drilon said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 14, 2019 21:10 UTC