The task force, the Palace official said, will make an audit of PhilHealth finances and conduct lifestyle checks on the agency’s officials and employees. If warranted, the task force could also recommend the preventive suspension on any official to ensure an “unhampered” probe, Roque added. Duterte ordered the DOJ to create the task force as the Senate, the House of the Representatives Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) opened their own separate probes into the matter. It recommended the filing of graft and corruption cases against 36 high-ranking and mid-level officials of the state health insurer. ADVERTISEMENTA recently resigned PhilHealth anti-fraud officer also claimed that a mafia-like syndicate operating in the agency allegedly pocketed P15 billion through various schemes.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 09, 2020 06:56 UTC