JKN Premiums Again Hiked Amid Hard Times
Less than two months after the Supreme Court overruled the government’s plan to increase the premiums of the National Health Insurance (JKN), the government has again decided to increase the JKN premiums.
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Attendants serve customers on 4 Nov. 2019 at the office of the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) in Pancoran, Jakarta. The premiums for all BPJS Kesehatan policies will be increased in January 2020 under the amendment to Government Regulation No. 82/2018 as stipulated in Presidential Regulation No. 75/2019.
Less than two months after the Supreme Court overruled the government’s plan to increase the premiums of the National Health Insurance (JKN), the government has again decided to increase the JKN premiums.
We all know that these are hard times. The Covid-19 epidemic has had a tremendous impact on the economy. Nearly two months of the large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) has caused the economy to stagnate.