Senate seeks probe into PhilHealth amid pandemic
The Senate aims to start its investigation into alleged corruption, incompetence, and inefficiency within PhilHealth by next week.
Senators Pangilinan, Sotto, and Lacson filed resolutions seeking a Senate probe into PhilHealth's Interim Reimbursement Mechanism amid the pandemic.
Pangilinan highlighted concerns over multi-million peso releases to unaccredited hospitals with few COVID-19 patients and overpriced testing packages.
Sotto and Lacson's resolution also aims to investigate alleged irregularities in ICT equipment procurement and PhilHealth’s financial status.
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