New Health Regulation Reported By The DPR, Jamkeswatch Asks BPJS Health To Stay Under Presidential Coordination

JAKARTA - The National Health Insurance Supervisory Agency (Jamkeswatch) has asked the Health Social Security Administration (BPJS) to remain under the coordination of the President as has been regulated in Law Number 24 of 2011 concerning BPJS.

Jamkeswatch Executive Secretary KSPI Abdul Gofur reminded the government and the DPR which are discussing health regulations not to change the position of BPJS Kesehatan.

"It is very appropriate for BPJS Kesehatan to be directly under the President so that they can carry out policies with all problems and manage finances more freely in carrying out their roles and functions as health guarantors for all Indonesian people," he said in Bekasi, West Java (West Java), Wednesday, February 8, was confiscated by Antara.

Gofur assessed that currently the BPJS Kesehatan program and implementation has been quite good for the community, shown by the large number of patients in hospitals and clinics, as well as health centers seeking treatment using the National Health Insurance (JKN).

He admitted that so far the coordination between Jamkeswatch and BPJS Kesehatan has been going well throughout Indonesia, even when patients encounter problems in hospitals, BPJS Kesehatan tries to resolve existing problems.

"The DPR and the government should not dwarf the role and function of BPJS Kesehatan which has been authoritative in carrying out its role and function to ensure public health directly under the President's coordination by changing the position of BPJS Kesehatan to be under the ministry," he said.

He gave an example, such as state-owned companies that are not free to move because they must coordinate with the minister to carry out policies and submit reports to the President according to the interests of the ministers.

"So far, BPJS Kesehatan can directly submit reports to the President regarding policies and all problems faced in the field, as well as in terms of managing finances, where most BPJS Health funds are obtained directly from public contributions," he said.

Jamkeswatch also hopes that all relevant parties can participate in supervising and providing input to BPJS Kesehatan and hospitals so that in the future they can improve services so that the public can feel the best health insurance and be just.

"Regarding the shortcomings here and there in running programs starting from FKTP, FKTL, and hospitals, we hope that all stakeholders will participate in monitoring for the sake of improving services, such as the Jamkeswatch motto so far. Healthy People's Rights," he said.