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Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa should speak up on the controversial transfer of the P89.9 billion unused funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to the national treasury in four tranches until November. Dr. Anthony Leachon, an independent health reform advocate, criticized Herbosa for keeping quiet on the issue, citing a lack of transparency on the process that led to the decision to return the funds. In the Aug. 14 episode of VERA Files’ Tres from Tress podcast, Leachon, former independent director, representative of the monetary Board to the PhilHealth, noted Herbosa has never spoken about the fund transfer. https://t.co/opqlEEMi30

“We hear the concerns of our kababayans about the high cost of medical treatment. We see and feel this in our interviews with patients. We are expediting the improvement of benefits. We started with chronic illnesses because treatments for breast cancer, pneumonia, stroke, asthma and others can be financially draining,” explained the PhilHealth chief. https://t.co/i7YojpiSMn