Angara seeks probe on fake dialysis, other PhilHealth anomalies
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 06:13:25 +0000
Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara has sought a Senate inquiry on the fake dialysis and other anomalies hounding the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.
Angara said that before Republic Act No. 11223 or the Universal Health Care Act is implemented in full, it is imperative that lawmakers ensure that the funds allocated for the UHC would be spent properly.
Under the UHC, PhilHealth would be the lead agency, together with the Department of Health, that will implement the program that provides all Filipinos access to medical healthcare.
Angara, one of the authors of the law, said he is dismayed at reports of various scams hounding PhilHealth, and fumed at how a dialysis center was making fraudulent claims in behalf of patients suffering from kidney disease.
“At mukhang hindi lang ito ang problema dahil marami nang mga lumabas na iba pang scams gamit ang pondo ng PhilHealth,” Angara said.
The senator had earlier filed a resolution seeking a probe into all the allegations of fraudulent medical claims before PhilHealth, saying “funds that are intended for the poor and for those who are in actual need of medical assistance should be protected.”
“We want to get to the bottom of all these reported scams, identify the personalities behind them, and come up with policies to prevent similar cases from taking place in the future,” Angara said
“Managot ang dapat managot. Hindi natin hahayaan ang patuloy na pagwawaldas ng pera habang ang dami natin mga kababayan na namamatay dahil sa walang pera para magpagamot,” Angara pointed out. (Hannah Torregoza)