Donnan Orea

BSBA 3

Activity 1

1. Opinion regards to Philhealth, and proposed solution to prevent malpractices

Corruption pervades every aspect of public health insurance systems  to establish
efficient governance specially needed during this pandemic crisis. Life-saving financial
resources are siphoned off, clinical data for IRM is not transparent, and procurement of
technological devices and medical supplies is vulnerable to bribery and influence.
Personally as to perceive, anyone may thought this as a long term plot scheme that is
perfectly planned and executed. Now as to the present it then reaps despicable
consequences at the cost of beneficiaries that relies upon Philhealth’s services.

Preventing health sector corruption is a complex and difficult task, however I may
have suggest a potential solution as the recently proposed House Bill 7429 or the Social
Health Insurance Crisis Act which seeks to grant the President with the power to privatize
any or all segments of PhilHealth, in order to make these segments more effective, efficient
and innovative in the provision of social health insurance.

I believe that privatization of health insurance services can be seen as an alternative method
of improving the quality and effectiveness of health sector itself. Privatization limits the powers
of the public officials and thus their opportunities of influencing bribery and corruption.
Monitoring the quality, reliability and cost-effectiveness of private care and treatments, ensures
access to quality health services to the needy and also prevents abuse of the resources.
Managing and implementing transparency upon rates of premiums and reimbursements from
health care institutions may prevent unethical practices from higher officials.