Poe: PhilHealth must ‘pick up slack’ as hospitals threaten to withdraw

Senator Grace Poe called on PhilHealth to “pick up the slack” in settling its mounting obligations to hospitals that compromise our healthcare system, as several hospitals threatened to disengage from the PhilHealth system due to unpaid claims.

“It is unjust for our frontline institutions to continue waiting for years seemingly with no end in sight on when they can be reimbursed,” the chair of the Senate public services said.

“We expect the state health insurer to come up with an aggressive catch-up plan for due reimbursement of claims,” she said.

“The delay in payment could force hospitals to downsize or worse, halt operations, to the detriment of their workers who will lose jobs, and our people who cannot anymore take a heavy beating from the pandemic,” Poe said.

“As this unfortunate situation persists, our health system becomes more vulnerable to being overwhelmed, especially in a pandemic,” she added.

“Being the country’s only health insurer, PhilHealth should remember its commitment to the Filipino people not to leave anyone, especially the poor, untreated,” Poe added.

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