BPJS Kesehatan Needs Better Management

KOMPAS/LAKSANA AGUNG SAPUTRA

President Joko Widodo chats with Muji Purwaningsih, mother of a 2-month-old baby patient, Madiva Halmahera Azahra, at the Abdul Moeloek Regional General Hospital, Bandar Lampung, Lampung Province, Friday (15/11/2019). The President made an impromptu visit to the hospital to have a look at services for patients participating in the National Health Insurance program.

BANDAR LAMPUNG, KOMPAS — President Joko Widodo wants an improvement in the governance of the National Health Insurance-Healthy Indonesia Card program. The President said there was mismanagement in the program administered by the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan).

"We have already paid [bills for] 96 million [participants]. That amount was paid using the state budget, but the BPJS Kesehatan suffers a deficit. That\'s because of mismanagement. This means those who should pay, did not pay. The problem is on the billing side. It must be intensified. If this is not done, [there will be] a deficit. So, inevitably the premium must be increased. Once again, the management at BPJS Kesehatan must be improved," the President said after visiting the RSUD Abdul Moeloek Regional Hospital in Bandar Lampung on Friday (15/11/2019).