MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos said the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) has been putting hospitals at risk of closures by failing to repay its debts on time.
Marcos said that her office received complaints that at least P26 billion remains unpaid to private hospitals while government hospitals are still owed sums of up to nine figures.
She added that these unpaid duties have a detrimental effect on the hospitals’ capacity to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic taking place across the country.
“Let’s not wait for them to shut down nor leave them ill-prepared to deal with the possible spread of the d…
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