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3 PhilHealth witnesses get immunity in Senate probe

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 07:57 PM

Senators on Tuesday granted legislative immunity to 3 witnesses as the chamber dug deeper into the alleged multi-billion-peso corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Read more »

PhilHealth's hospital reimbursements for COVID-19 cases 'based on vengeance': Drilon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 11 06:05 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday said "vengeance" was the Philippine Health Insurance Corp's (PhilHealth) basis for selecting which hospitals would receive reimbursements for COVID-19-related expenses. Read more »

PhilHealth hit over COVID-19 'excuse' for January release of P27-B 'war chest' for hospitals

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 01:21 PM

MANILA - Senators on Tuesday questioned the P27-billion "war chest" the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) made available to hospitals in January, convinced that the COVID-19 pandemic was used as an excuse to justify the release to allegedly favored health care institutions. Read more »

'We're being cut off': Official names PhilHealth executives allegedly involved in corruption

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 08:11 PM

A board member of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) said they have tried to internally solve corruption issues within the agency, but there are officials who are preventing them from uncovering the truth. Read more »

'Laptops worth P100M': PhilHealth's Morales repeatedly approved questionable IT budget - official

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 05 12:18 PM

Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) president Ricardo Morales and other high-ranking officials approved the purchase of overpriced equipment and software amounting to millions of pesos, a board member of the state-run insurance firm said Tuesday. Read more »