House Bill No 7832 or the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Crisis Act of 2020 prescribes “urgent related measures necessary and proper to effectively address the problems and concerns” affecting the agency. ADVERTISEMENTAmong these measures is the President being granted powers to reorganize PhilHealth. “The President is hereby empowered to reorganize the [PhilHealth], to make it more effective, innovative and responsive to its current problems and concerns as regards sustainability of finds and issues regarding graft and corruption, among others,” the bill states. “For this purpose, the President may abolish or create offices; split, group, or merge positions; transfer functions, equipment, properties, records and personnel; institute drastic cost cutting measures and take such other related actions necessary to carry out the purpose herein declared,” the bill adds.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 19, 2020 05:26 UTC