PhilHealth to remit P30B more to treasury on October 16 unless SC intervenes

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will push through with its scheduled P30 billion remittance to the national treasury on October 16, pending any action of the Supreme Court (SC) or Congress.

This would be the third batch under the Department of Finance’s (DOF) directive to transfer around P89.9 billion in “excess funds” away from PhilHealth, a move that has sparked controversy and already made its way before the SC.

In a Senate committee meeting on Tuesday...