Imee questions PhilHealth recipients

LAOAG CITY --Well-off people, not paupers, were mostly the recipients of PhilHealth insurance cards in Ilocos Norte.

This prompted Gov. Imee Marcos to question the mess after she received reports many PhilHealth cardholders in the province were mostly relatives or proteges of local politicians and even balikbayans.

The PhilHealth benefit is intended to help the indigent families, she said. Hospitals, especially private clinics, would go broke if their patients are all PhilHealth cardholders, the lady governor added.

She said she wanted to correct this erratic system and redeem the good purpose of PhilHealth medical care.