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Guevarra: task force made no recommendation to abolish PhilHealth
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.
Guevarra stated that the task force's report to President Duterte did not include recommendations for abolition, but rather for the GCG to step in.
While the task force did not recommend abolition, President Duterte has previously expressed a preference for proposing the abolition of PhilHealth to Congress and replacing it with a new agency.
Duterte has also indicated he is against privatizing PhilHealth.
The Justice Secretary mentioned that President Duterte anticipates that Ombudsman Samuel Martires will file charges against former PhilHealth president Ricardo Morales and other implicated officials.
Duterte praised the Ombudsman's efforts and the cooperative relationship between the Ombudsman's office and the Executive department in investigating PhilHealth's irregularities.
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