Regional Administrations Urged to Help Fund JKN-KIS
People complete administrative procedures for their Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) health insurance on Monday (12/11/2018) at Siloam Hospital in Semanggi, Jakarta. The National Health Insurance-Healthy Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) program enables people to obtain the same medical treatment as self-paying patients under a cross-subsidy scheme.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Regional administrations have been called on to be more actively involved in funding the National Health Insurance- Healthy Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) program and in improving the quality of healthcare services.
Vice President Jusuf Kalla urged all policymakers, especially in regional administrations, to work together to improve the quality of public health care. “Promotional and preventive efforts must be prioritized in health care,” Kalla said in his opening speech on Thursday (1/17/2019) at the “Sustainable Funding for National Health Insurance Towards Universal Health Care in Indonesia” seminar in Jakarta.