Are NHI Contractors Picked Based On Political Loyalty?

But the knock against NHI's expansion is that the scheme is being used as a way to line up medical service contracts for PUP friendly service providers.

Figueroa rejected those claims:

Dr Ramon Figueroa, General Manager, NHI

"I can tell you that it is not one of the election criteria. We have really technical selection criteria. If they end up being PUP of UDP or any other P, at least for us, that's not a criteria that we use. It doesn't concern us. So what we're looking for is the proposals that are submitted to what we are requiring from them. And it includes professional submission of proposals. I mean, some proposals that we have received has not met. I mean, it's unacceptable."