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health-insurance

Business 7 years ago

Maybank launches savings account with health insurance benefits

PT Bank Maybank Indonesia on Wednesday launched MySaveR, a savings account with health insurance benefits, in partnership with PT Allianz Life Indonesia.

Business 7 years ago

FWD Life launches affordable health insurance for informal workers

Joint venture insurance firm PT FWD Life Indonesia has launched sharia-based health insurance that targets informal workers that earn an irregular income.

Editorial 8 years ago

EDITORIAL: Ensuring emergency health care

The private hospital chain says it is in the process of joining the JKN program, which lists only 89 partners among 189 hospitals in Jakarta.

National 8 years ago

Health minister conveys progress of JKN program in WHO meeting

Health Minister Nila F. Moeloek has explained the progress of Indonesia’s national health insurance (JKN) program during the 70th World Health Assembly, scheduled for May 22 to 31, in Geneva, Switzerland.

City 8 years ago

Jakarta subdistricts open for health insurance registration

Jakarta residents who have yet to register for the National Health Insurance (JKN) program can now input their data at one of the 267 sub-district offices spread across the city following an agreement between the city administration and the Social Security Agency (BPJS) on Friday.

Opinion 8 years ago

PREMIUM
COMMENTARY: How can we save our national health insurance program from deficit?

The deficit stood at Rp 3.3 trillion in the first year, which grew to Rp 5.7 trillion in 2015 and Rp 9.7 trillion last year.

City 9 years ago

60% Jakarta evictees not getting health, education aid as promised: Study

The majority of low-cost apartment (rusunawa) residents, who were evicted from their former homes to make way for city development projects, have yet to receive easy access to education and health as promised by the Jakarta administration, the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) found in a recent study.

Opinion 9 years ago

Indonesia's health care industry is on the rise

Full implementation of National Health Insurance (JKN) is targeted for 2019 and was initially been seen as the main catalyst to the country’s growth in the health care industry.

National 9 years ago

COMMENTARY: Foreign boost might get Indonesian healthcare airborne

The condition of the country’s healthcare system couldn’t be more ironic. While it is dubbed as one of the potentially biggest markets in the world, Indonesia seems incapable of giving patients more than the most basic of care.

Opinion 9 years ago

Health care and well-being in 71-year Indonesia

At the national level, challenges revolving around human development are more complex than ever. Indonesia is the fourth-most populated country in the world, with roughly 254 million people and more than 17,000 islands. It is clear that distribution of goods and services is almost impossible to be done equally. Even after 71 years of independence, challenges in provision of health care remain mostly unchanged.