BPJS Breaks 50 Thousand Health Services After 'North' Regency Government, DPR: How Come It Even Takes Citizens' Rights?

Illustration of BPJS Kesehatan (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission XIII DPR RI Willy Aditya, regretted BPJS Kesehatan's steps to temporarily decide services for around 50 thousand Pamekasan residents, Madura, East Java due to arrears in Regency Government contributions for six months worth Rp 41 billion. He assessed that BPJS' steps to hold the citizens' health rights hostage in order to pressure the Regency Government as a constitutional wrong act.

Willy also reminded that BPJS is not a commercial insurance institution, but a social security institution formed by the state to serve the people.

"BPJS is made by law, it is not a pure commercial insurance institution. BPJS is made by the state to serve citizens. Don't think and act as if it are purely private. Playing out of service, threatening here and there, that's not the way," Willy told reporters, Friday, October 10.

"Why is the term contribution used, it's because the spirit is participation. Don't equate it with premium payments. Moreover, like this, how come it juxtaposes the human rights of Pamekasan residents to threaten the Regency Government?" continued the NasDem Legislator from the East Java XI electoral district.

Therefore, Willy asked BPJS and the Pamekasan Regency Government to immediately sit down together to find a solution. "The need for contributions that are in arrears can still be covered from the majority of participants who are actively paying," said Willy.

According to Willy, the arrears value of IDR 41 billion is not comparable to the total 2025 Pamekasan APBD which reached more than IDR 2 trillion. Willy emphasized that the state has committed to allocating sufficient budgets from the APBN and APBD for citizens' health programs, which is the constitutional mandate.

"Don't mess with the human rights of citizens, let alone this health issue. The number of delayed contributions is only 5 percent of the total 872,009 residents who obey the dues. This means that the needs of the fans can actually be covered, so don't dispute it," said Willy.

Willy also highlighted the BPJS Health participation contribution contribution of Pamekasan residents which did not reach 1 percent of the APBD. "So there is no need to be too noisy. The district government must have a strategy to solve this," he said.

"Get together, dialogue, and find a solution. Don't delay the fulfillment of the citizens' health rights," concluded Willy.