MANILA, Philippines—Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon called for a top-to-bottom reorganization of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and recommended that those appointed to the organization have the best track record possible. Drilon said that a way to establish a new age for PhilHealth is for President Rodrigo Duterte to reorganize the whole corporation through a law. ADVERTISEMENT“What PhilHealth needs now is a top-to-bottom cleansing in order to get rid of individuals who used PhilHealth as their personal ATM. Sa gitna ng pandemya, ginawa nilang personal na bangko ang PhilHealth (In the middle of the pandemic, those responsible for this mess used PhilHealth as their own personal bank),” said Drilon in a statement Wednesday. PhilHealth should simply outsource to a reputable company the provision of its IT services,” said Drilon.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 26, 2020 08:37 UTC