Group seeks fact-finding body to probe into PhilHealth fund transfer
MANILA, Philippines—Labor coalition Nagkaisa on Sunday called on the Office of the Ombudsman to create a fact-finding task force that will investigate and penalize those involved in the transfer of P60 billion worth of funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to the National Treasury. The Supreme Court earlier declared as unconstitutional a special provision in 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) which authorized the transfer of the supposed excess funds, and voided a Department of Finance (DOF) circular that instructed PhilHealth to remit a total of P89.9 billion to the National Treasury. In its decision issued on Dec. 3, […]...Keep on reading: Group seeks fact-finding body to probe into PhilHealth fund transfer
