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‘Business as usual’: Anne Curtis, Jason Abalos, other celebs react to alleged 15 Billion peso anomalies in PhilHealth

Media personalities react to the alleged “mafia” in PhilHealth which stole Php15 billion from the company’s funds.

  • The billions of pesos were said to have been stolen in the span of one year.
  • It is said that the mafia had been allegedly defrauding the corporation for the past several years.

Around Php15 billion of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) funds have allegedly been stolen by a “syndicate” in the agency in 2019 alone.

This is according to a former antifraud officer in the corporation who described it as the “crime of the year.”

With this, public figures and entertainment personalities can’t help but react to the theft happening during a pandemic.

Dawn Chang doesn’t seem to be surprised by the news as she tweeted “Business as usual,” when the allegations surfaced.

Kimpoy Feliciano, however, can’t help but cuss as he aired his disappointment in PhilHealth.

https://twitter.com/kimpoyfeliciano/status/1290623791870033920

“Greed at its finest,” It’s Showtime’s Anne Curtis tweeted.

Barnaby Lo questioned why congressmen have yet to shut down PhilHealth like they did with ABS-CBN.

“Gusto ko magsabi ng masasamang mga words,” Vance Larena wrote.

Jason Abalos tweeted about how pitiful the Philippines’ current state is.

Hashtag Nikko Natividad aired his dismay through sarcasm, saying that he should just be a PhilHealth official to make sure that he can reach his dreams.

https://twitter.com/Hashtag_nikko13/status/1290730883758977024

Nikki Valdez then said that if it wasn’t for the COVID-19 pandemic, the issue with PhilHeath wouldn’t be publicized.

Tonette Jadaone shared an infographic of what the supposedly pocketed Php15 billion can do.

The situation drew even more reactions from netizens and other celebrities alike.

Lawyer Thorrsson Montes Keith told a Senate hearing on Tuesday that all members of PhilHealth’s executive committee make up the “mafia,” which had been allegedly defrauding the corporation for the past several years.

“My primary job as antifraud legal officer of PhilHealth is to spy on corrupt personnel … What I have discovered in PhilHealth may be called ‘crime of the year,’” said Keith, who quit his post on July 23.

“I believe, based on my investigation, that the (public) money that had been wasted or stolen was more or less P15 billion.”

According to an official, PhilHealth may collapse by 2022 if the government will not subsidize the corporation.

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