Manila Bulletin
Palace: Only honest PhilHealth workers will be retained if it is abolished
President Rodrigo Duterte plans to propose the abolition of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to Congress to eradicate corruption.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque stated that the organization would be abolished and reformed, with its functions continuing under a new entity.
Duterte described the abolition as a "surgical move" to address deep-seated corruption within the state-run insurer.
He expressed a preference for creating a new agency from the "ruins" of PhilHealth rather than privatizing it.
Roque clarified that only honest PhilHealth workers may be retained in the new agency.
He also mentioned that he previously called for the creation of the National Health Service to replace PhilHealth under the universal healthcare bill.
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The Department of Health (DOH) assures the public that the government will provide a financial mechanism to cover healthcare needs if the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is abolished.
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Malacañang assured the public that the government remains committed to holding PhilHealth officials accountable for alleged corruption and anomalies.
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PhilHealth President and CEO Dante Gierran has ordered all vice presidents, senior vice presidents, and senior managers to submit their courtesy resignations as part of his reform efforts for the state insurer.
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Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra clarified that the Task Force PhilHealth recommended to the Governance Commission for GOCCs (GCG) to study a reorganization and the establishment of a temporary management committee, not the abolition of the state insurer.
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Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque opposes the privatization of PhilHealth, stating it contradicts the principle of Universal Health Care, which is a state obligation.
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