The association of
Indonesia Businesspeople (Apindo) asked the Government to audit BPJS Health
Insurance (BPJS). Chairman of BPJS Timoer Susanto stated on Friday (15/5) and
request for auditing was made in response to complaint of a number of company
of BPJS bad service and their ineffective IT system. Many companies complained
that workers who wished to get medical treatment were rejected by the hospitals
who were the partners of BPJS Health, arguing that the patient was not
registered as member.
And yet company had enlisted their
employees and paid their insurance premium by the rule, i.e. 4.5% from worker’s
monthly salary broken down as: 4% paid by the company and 0.5% by the employee.
The BPK Financial Examination Board had already audited BPJS like: cases of
member’s data and types of medicines not paid by the insurance.
Apindo with BPJS Health would also
open a crisis center which would serve people’s complaint of bad service and
performance of related hospitals. The crisis centers were designed to protect
the people who were workers or non workers and complained about BPJS services.
Apparently there had been lack of illumination and no crisis center in
operation.
In accordance with Presidential
Regulation No 11/2013 on amendment of Perpres No.12/2013 on health insurance,
employers or big, small and medium companies and BUMN were obliged to sign in
as BPJS member not later than January 1, 2015. It was mandatory for employers
to enlist themselves and their workers as BPJS members by paying premium fees
or else sanction would be put on the employers. With reference would be put on
the employers. With reference to PP no 85 2013 as legal ground, the penalty
given could be written notice, fine, or being deprived of certain service.
Meanwhile workers had asked the
Government to build Health Service Centers for BPJS near workers’ settlements
to make access easy. Health centers in workers’ communities would be felt as
protection for workers and their families in terms of health service. Other
solution was to maximize the role of Puskesmas near worker’s settlements.
Beside health facilities, Arif
Minardi, Chairman of F-SWP LEM SBSI Lanbor Union also pursued President Joko
Widodo’s promises in his Electoral Presidential campaign by voicing 11 demands
i.e. “Say no to low wages and say yes to salary review every 2 to 5 years,
eliminate contract employment system and outsourcing which were against the
law, enhance freedom of organizing and refuse increase of oil and goods.”
Arif also asked the Government to improve
BPJS services, demanded housing and health service for workers and enhance law
enforcement. All the said demand, Arif said was in President Jokowi’s campaign.
Arif rated that of 11 claims, increase of wages was on top priority. Arif said
that the salary received by Indonesian workers were still below the standard
set by the United Nations. Beside salary, other issues were outsourcing, decent
living, and BPJS which was still rated as discriminative. (SS)
Business New - May 20, 2015
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