Paglipat ng PhilHealth ng P60B sa National Treasury kahit may mga bayarin pa, kinuwestiyon ng Supreme Court

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00:00The Supreme Court is now discussing the issue of PhilHealth's contribution of Php60 billion to the National Treasury.

00:08The Supreme Court asked PhilHealth why they contributed so much, the benefits that they cannot pay.

00:15Here's the first news from Mark Salazar.

00:18Hear me, hear me, hear me.

00:21The Supreme Court is now discussing the issue of PhilHealth's contribution of Php60 billion to the National Treasury.

00:27The Supreme Court asked PhilHealth why they contributed so much, the benefits that they cannot pay.

00:33Associate Justice Ami Lazaro Javier commented on the issue.

00:37Has PhilHealth paid all the recorded and recognized claims?

00:43Your Honor...

00:44Before it transferred the funds to the Treasury?

00:50Your Honor, in a certain cut-off date, Your Honor, definitely not all were paid.

00:59Not all were paid and yet you transferred the funds already.

01:04In the 2021 financial statement of PhilHealth, which was audited,

01:09PhilHealth paid Php1.16 trillion in benefits while its assets are only Php347 billion.

01:17This means that PhilHealth's deficit is more than Php816 billion.

01:23According to the adverse opinion of COA, PhilHealth did not follow the correct accounting standard and their deficit is likely to be even bigger.

01:32Financial statements do not present fairly the financial position of PhilHealth.

01:39In short, the negative equity of PhilHealth may be way more than Php816 billion.

01:47Even if you double up your assets, they're not enough to pay off your liabilities.

01:53The deficit gradually dropped to Php26 billion in 2022 but it's still a deficit.

02:00From these assets, the law requires PhilHealth to set aside a portion called reserve funds

02:11precisely to cover payments for the claims of beneficiaries and that portion has to be used exclusively for the claims, to pay the claims of the beneficiaries.

02:30And if there is an excess, then additional programs should be set up.

02:36And if there is still an excess in the excess, then investment may be made.

02:44But PhilHealth said that it will not pay all the debts at the same time.

02:48It can afford to collect the direct contribution of the members.

02:53Requirement of the law, your honor, particularly in section 11, reserve fund for a maximum of two years, your honor.

03:02Is the reserve funds just in paper?

03:05Are you not supposed to reserve real money?

03:09You cannot predict when people get sick.

03:13The government corporate council of PhilHealth also said that PhilHealth will not be bankrupt because this is the government's answer.

03:20It is the state insurance company.

03:23It cannot be insolvent because by law,

03:26the government of the Philippines guarantees the financial viability of the program or the national health program administered by PhilHealth.

03:38Outside the Supreme Court, the petitioners asked why they are asking the government to return the 60 billion pesos they got from PhilHealth.

03:47The fund is not enough, they even returned it.

03:51The government abandoned its responsibility to give subsidies to indirect contributors, to the indigent.

04:02And now, it is being transferred to the contributions of the workers.

04:07It is clear that PhilHealth's fund is not enough for this reserve fund.

04:13It is not enough that we can say that as long as PhilHealth has a balancing fund, this is an excess fund.

04:19Dr. Tony Leachon also filed a petition against the government and Congress for giving zero budget to PhilHealth for 2025.

04:28The oral argument is still ongoing in the Supreme Court.

04:32This is the first news. Mark Salazar for GMA Integrated News.

04:43For Different Views on our Country.

Paglipat ng PhilHealth ng P60B sa National Treasury kahit may mga bayarin pa, kinuwestiyon ng Supreme Court | Unang Balita

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