By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published January 26, 2021 4:26pm The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Tuesday said 92% of the P15 billion worth of funds allegedly stolen from the state insurer by some of its officials had been “liquidated.” “Sa totoo lang po, hindi po nawawala, andiyan lang,” PhilHealth president Dante Gierran said at a Palace news conference. Sa ngayon po 92% na ang liquidated. So [kakaunti] na lang po [ang hindi pa].” A former employee revealed last August that members of the PhilHealth executive committee pocketed some P15 billion in funds through several fraudulent schemes. These schemes included cash advances, the use of the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism (IRM), and the continuous procurement of IT equipment the agency already has, according to PhilHealth’s former anti-fraud legal officer Thorrsson Montes Keith.
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“The SSS (Social Security System) has ECC for kasambahay…so for example if they contracted COVID they have daily income benefit of P480 per day up to 14 days plus cash assistance of P10,000 and medical reimbursement,” DoLE Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC) Director Karen Trayvilla said during the “Laging Handa” forum.
“The testing of the kasambahay is covered by Philhealth provided they are a member,” Trayvilla added.
The Labor official said employers should take care of the hospital treatment especially if they didn’t enroll their kasambahay in the Social Security System and Philippine Health Insurance Corp.
Social Security System (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
The Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization declared as urgent the passage of House Bill 8317 which contained a congressional authority for Duterte to act swiftly in preventing SSS from collecting additional membership contributions.
Authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, HB 8317 gives a chief executive said power only during “times of national emergencies” such as the current COVID 19 pandemic that has caused severe economic impact on Filipinos.
The bill also seeks to amend Republic Act 11199, the Social Security Act of 2018, that mandates gradual increase in monthly premium contributions of both employees and employers.
Chaired by Paranaque City Rep. Olivarez, the government enterprises committee also conducted initial deliberations on six other bills referring to the hike in SSS contribution.
Published January 21, 2021, 3:28 PM
CEBU CITY – Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar welcomed the passage of the Media Workers Welfare Bill on third and final reading at the House of Representatives, a step closer to realizing a law that provides protection and additional benefits for members of the media.
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
“We laud ACT-CIS Rep. Niña Taduran who authored the bill as well as the 218 congressmen who voted in favor of House Bill 8140 or the proposed Media Workers Welfare Act,” Andanar said in a statement released to media Tuesday here during the “Explain, Explain, Explain: Pagduaw sa Cebu ug Mandaue,” the kick-off of the government’s COVID-19 vaccination information campaign.