Sri Mulyani Menyebut Uang Pajak Jamin Kesehatan 96 Juta Masyarakat, Netizen Senggol Kasus Rubicon

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JAKARTA Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani revealed that tax revenue instruments are used by the state as much as possible for the benefit of the community, one of which is health facilities. According to her, tax money contributes to protecting millions of Indonesians through medical guarantees.

"From #UangKita amounting to IDR 3.9 trillion, you have helped 96.7 million people who need it to get the National Health Insurance (JKN) facility," he said via his Instagram account @smindrawati on Thursday, February 23.

The Minister of Finance explained that this value would be greater if it was calculated based on the total funds used in this sector.

"Meanwhile, the overall realization of the health budget as of January 2023 reached IDR 5.3 trillion," he said.

The state treasurer explained that in the last 2022 period the group of people who needed this assistance dominated access to health facilities services. It was stated that there were 236.9 million visits from this community group. Meanwhile, in the 2021 period, the number reached 67.6 million visits.

"This means that the trend of health service recipients through the APBN continues to show an increase," he said.

The Minister of Finance added that the government will continue to improve regulations and business processes from JKN facilities so that the APBN can play an optimal role in protecting people who are more in need.

Meanwhile, the upload received various responses from other Instagram users, as voiced by the @s****a.al*****i account

"Hopefully the tax money paid by the people is not used to buy Rubicon and the officials' children," he said.

The same tone was conveyed by other social media users in the comments column.

"Other benefits are also to make tax officials rich as super dupers, ma'am," said @r**_p*****a.

Even so, there are also netizens who support the government's positive steps.

Alhamdulillah, I got a JKN card and I am pregnant. I am an honorary teacher whose salary is sufficient to eat. It is very useful to use it for control, especially to give birth later. Thank you ma'am, "said an *******ia_.

For information, in the middle of this week, the Indonesian public was shocked by the persecution allegedly carried out by the son of a tax official from the Ministry of Finance. From the search, it is known that the perpetrators often show luxury, such as distributing photos of Rubicon luxury vehicles.