SP Escudero welcomes new PhilHealth CEO, urges taking a different approach, focusing on providing benefits to Filipinos

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00:00Senate President Francis Cheese Escudero welcomed President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.'s appointment

00:05of Dr. Edwin Mercado as the new president and chief executive officer, a CEO of PhilHealth.

00:12Escudero says he hopes that the new PhilHealth chief will focus on ensuring that members will

00:18receive benefits that truly address their needs rather than just grant their requests. The senator

00:25also highlighted PhilHealth's long-standing inefficiencies, stating that a leadership

00:30change was long overdue. He revealed that several senators had previously called for a leadership

00:37shift due to the agency's failure to address pressing issues.

00:41Mercado replaces former PhilHealth President Emmanuel Lidesma.

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