Top officials of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) have asked the Senate to excuse them from attending an August 11 panel hearing on the corruption allegations hurled against them for medical reasons.

This comes as another official of the scandal-hit agency asked for parliamentary immunity when he testifies at the Senate Committee on the Whole hearing after he and resigned PhilHealth antifraud officer Thorrsson Montes Keith, who first raised the allegations, were threatened with legal action.

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