About P28.3 billion is lacking from the shares of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) from the collection of the increased excise taxes under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said.
Recto disclosed this Thursday as he stressed that the DOH and the Philhealth “should not be begging for funds” and should be getting what is due to them as mandated by law.
In 2018, he said collections from alcohol, tobacco and sugar-sweetened beverages total to P242.8 billion. “Based on the 2020 budget, the DBM owes these agencies a total of P28.3 billion from the sin tax collections,” Recto said in Filipino.
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