Health Insurance Needs Improving
The quality of the services provided under the National Health Insurance-Health Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) is yet to meet expectations.
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A group of women chats on 4 Nov. 2019 in the driveway leading to the emergency unit of Tarakan Hospital in Central Jakarta. Members of the National Health Insurance-Indonesia Health Card (JKN-KIS) still endure long queues at hospitals and other health centers.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The quality of the services provided under the National Health Insurance-Health Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) is yet to meet expectations. This is partly due to the uneven availability of facilities and infrastructure, as well as medical workers. Immediate improvements must be made in light of the planned increase in premiums.
“Universal health coverage must be managed thoroughly, including the quality of health services,” said Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) secretary-general M. Adib Khumaidi in Jakarta on Thursday (14/11/2019). National Health Day, which fell on Nov. 12, should be used as an occasion to upgrade healthcare services.