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Duque ‘open’ to privatizing, outsourcing PhilHealth operations
Privatization of PhilHealth is being considered as an option to address corruption issues within the agency, according to Governance Commission for Government-owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) chairperson Samuel Dagpin Jr.
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian previously highlighted PhilHealth's consistent underperformance, noting its failure to meet the 90% passing rate in the 2018 performance evaluation system.
Gatchalian suggested transferring PhilHealth's functions to the private sector due to its susceptibility to corruption.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed his amenability to privatizing certain components of PhilHealth, such as claims processing and fraud detection, to improve its operations.
Duque believes privatization could help prevent fraudulent claims and improve PhilHealth's administration.
President Rodrigo Duterte has also previously considered privatizing or abolishing PhilHealth.
While the National Bureau of Investigation has filed graft and malversation complaints against several PhilHealth executives, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III was not among them.
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