All the residents of the Southwest Maluku are listed as JKN participants. Health services in the outermost region have been improving with the passage of time. Almost no more residents are treated in Timor Leste.

Diabetes is a disease with high medical costs. BPJS Kesehatan is a way out for diabetics, especially from the lower class of society.

Primary healthcare-service transformation is a must. The health and resilience of the nation is at stake.

The role of the private health insurance should be left to the market mechanism and there is no need to make this additional private-health insurance a new special JKN scheme.

The quality of the services provided under the National Health Insurance-Health Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) is yet to meet expectations.

The government has called for a comprehensive reevaluation of the National Health Insurance-Healthy Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) insurance program, which is run by the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan).

The government has injected another round of financial aid to the Healthcare and Social Service Agency (BPJS Kesehatan), to help it overcome the national health insurance (JKN) scheme’s burgeoning deficit. However, such aid will only be effective in the short term.