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Dominguez cool to proposal for DOF to chair graft-ridden PhilHealth
President Rodrigo Duterte had previously agreed with a proposal to have the finance secretary, instead of the health secretary, serve as the ex-officio chairperson of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
Senate President Vicente Sotto III filed Senate Bill No. 1829, which seeks to amend the Universal Health Care Act of 2018 by designating the finance secretary as the PhilHealth board chairperson.
Sotto explained that the bill's rationale is that the finance secretary is better suited to oversee PhilHealth's fund management.
However, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III expressed reluctance towards the proposal, quoting a Biblical passage, "If it be possible, let this cup pass from me."
Dominguez also mentioned that the DOF has been working closely with PhilHealth since October 2019 to help implement the universal health care program.
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