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Details on the new premiums are still being deliberated among the Finance Ministry, Health Ministry and the Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan), before being submitted to the House of Representatives for further discussions.
The government's removal of subsidies for millions of recipients, however, has drawn criticism from local authorities, who argue that many of the affected policyholders still deserve government assistance.
Hospital staff informed Alif's parents that if they wanted their son to continue receiving treatment, they would need to pay out of pocket, as his condition did not meet the emergency criteria set by the JKN and would therefore not be covered by the state insurance.
Surabaya City councilor Johari Mustawan in East Java said recently he had received hundreds of reports from residents who were denied treatment because their conditions did not meet JKN’s emergency criteria.
The US withdrawal from global health aid highlights the vulnerability of global health funding to geopolitical shifts, and serves as a wake-up call for Indonesia to build a self-reliant healthcare model that is capable of delivering integrated services, such as for TB, in anticipation of future uncertainties.
