Pagbalik sa ‘di nagamit na pondo ng Philhealth sa gov’t treasury, hiniling sa SC na pigilin | 24 Oras

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Humihiling ng temporary restraining order ang ilang grupo laban sa paglipat ng halos P90-B hindi nagamit na pondo ng Philhealth pabalik sa gobyerno. Labag umano ito sa batas.

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00:00Some groups stopped the temporary restraining order against the transfer of almost Php 70 billion not used by PhilHealth Fund.

00:08Back to the government.

00:09This is a fight against the law.

00:11Salima got the point.

00:13Refrain.

00:17Different groups and concerned citizens have already appealed to the Supreme Court

00:21to stop the transfer of almost Php 90 billion not used by PhilHealth Fund to various projects of the government

00:30together with the petitioners of Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel and the Philippine Medical Association.

00:36They are asking for a TRO or Temporary Restraining Order and a Writ of Preliminary Injunction

00:42against the implementation of the Department of Finance Circular 003-2024.

00:48We believe that this provision is unconstitutional and inconsistent with the laws that we already have,

00:55especially when it comes to Universal Health Insurance.

00:59The law states that the PhilHealth Fund should only be used for two purposes.

01:04First, to improve our medical services.

01:07And second, to lower our premium.

01:09That's all. Nothing else.

01:11Among the petitioners,

01:12PhilHealth Fund was used for other purposes only for the sake of health.

01:18We are asking for the approval of the Department of Finance and PhilHealth.

01:22But in the Senate hearing,

01:24Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said that the Governance Commission for GOCCs

01:31and the Office of the Government Corporate Council agreed that this is legal

01:34and that it is not part of the Universal Health Care Act.

01:39And to fund the unprogrammed appropriations.

01:43Congress determined that there is another way,

01:47aside from new taxes as well as debts.

01:51And this is through the collection of the sleeping and unused money of the GOCCs,

02:00which we are still paying interest for.

02:03PhilHealth said that it is legal to transfer almost P90 billion to the national government.

02:10And the fund is not from the contribution of PhilHealth members,

02:14but from the subsidy of the government.

02:17There's still a remaining P500 billion in PhilHealth.

02:21So it doesn't mean that because P90 billion is gone, PhilHealth will lose money.

02:25For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nima Rafra.

02:28Tune in for 24 Hours.

02:33For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nima Rafra.

Pagbalik sa ‘di nagamit na pondo ng Philhealth sa gov’t treasury, hiniling sa SC na pigilin | 24 Oras

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