More than 1,700 hospitals in Indonesia signed up in new National Health Insurance scheme
02-Jan-14, Jakarta Post
The Health Ministry says that 1,720 out of 2,300 Indonesian hospitals, both private and public, have signed a partnership agreement with the social security providers (BPJS) for the health sector, which took effect on Jan.1, 2014.
Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi said most of the hospitals had first assessed the agreement to see whether the BPJS would benefit them. “But there are also many of them who say that helping people is the most important thing to do,” she said in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono officially launched national health insurance (JKN) managed under the BPJS for the health sector at Bogor Palace, on Tuesday.
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As a first step, JKN will be delivered to 121 million people, or 48 percent of the population. This comprises 86.4 million beneficiaries of the government-funded community health protection scheme Jamkesmas; 11 million beneficiaries of locally-funded health insurance scheme Jamkesda; 16 million Askes holders; 7 million Jamsostek holders and 1.2 million members of Asabri, an insurance scheme for TNI/Polri personnel.