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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Ady Thea Dian Achmad, IGAP Trisnajaya
Indonesian Labor Union Confederation (KSPI) is urging the Government to effectively implement Law No. 24 of 2011 on Social Security Agency (BPJS Law), which obliges the Government to establish implementing regulations one year after the BPJS Law comes into force.
KSPI is concerned that the Government has not yet established implementing regulations on BPJS Law, especially in the health sector.
Said Iqbal, President of KSPI, stated that they will mobilize a massive rally if the Government fails to establish implementing regulations by 2013. “The Government must take this seriously,” Iqbal confirmed.
In response, Chazali Husni Situmorang, Head of National Social Security Board (DJSN), explained that drafts of the implementing regulations have been finalized by DJSN and submitted to the competent ministries for discussion. He stressed that it is only the discussion at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) that is yet to be concluded.
MoF is still discussing the amount of money to allocate per each beneficiary of the BPJS. According to Chazali, the finalized amount will be established under a government regulation. Draft of this regulation has been delivered to State Secretariat for the next step.
Chazali further explained that in order to effectively implement BPJS Law, health sector infrastructure has to be developed. For example, the Government should increase hospital/clinic room availability to at least seven thousand rooms, for which, cooperation between private hospitals and the Government is necessary.
Private hospitals are encouraged to establish an association through which the Government and private hospitals will cooperate, instead of direct cooperation between the two.
Evelyn G. Masassya, Director of PT Jamsostek, confirmed that a good regulatory framework will result in an effective implementation of BPJS. Evelyn suggested that there should be a revision of an investment restriction imposed on PT Jamsostek before the company’s health sector gets transferred to BPJS when it becomes effective.
On another note, Timobel Siregar, Coordinator of BPJS Watch, argued that the House of Representatives (House) is also not taking the implementation of BPJS Law seriously. Timboel urged the House to establish a supervisory team, which will supervise the Government in the making of implementing regulations.
However, member of the Third Commission of the House Indra responded that he has proposed a supervisory team concerning BPJS at the last House Plenary Meeting and the members of the House did not respond positively to his proposal.
Timboel concluded that he is concerned that the KSPI may file a lawsuit against the Government in regards to the Government failure to establish implementing regulations as mandated by the law. It should be noted that a similar lawsuit concerning BPJS Law has been filed by Action Committee of Social Security in 2010.
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Ady Thea Dian Achmad, IGAP Trisnajaya
Indonesian Labor Union Confederation (KSPI) is urging the Government to effectively implement Law No. 24 of 2011 on Social Security Agency (BPJS Law), which obliges the Government to establish implementing regulations one year after the BPJS Law comes into force.
KSPI is concerned that the Government has not yet established implementing regulations on BPJS Law, especially in the health sector.
Said Iqbal, President of KSPI, stated that they will mobilize a massive rally if the Government fails to establish implementing regulations by 2013. “The Government must take this seriously,” Iqbal confirmed.
In response, Chazali Husni Situmorang, Head of National Social Security Board (DJSN), explained that drafts of the implementing regulations have been finalized by DJSN and submitted to the competent ministries for discussion. He stressed that it is only the discussion at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) that is yet to be concluded.
MoF is still discussing the amount of money to allocate per each beneficiary of the BPJS. According to Chazali, the finalized amount will be established under a government regulation. Draft of this regulation has been delivered to State Secretariat for the next step.
Chazali further explained that in order to effectively implement BPJS Law, health sector infrastructure has to be developed. For example, the Government should increase hospital/clinic room availability to at least seven thousand rooms, for which, cooperation between private hospitals and the Government is necessary.
Private hospitals are encouraged to establish an association through which the Government and private hospitals will cooperate, instead of direct cooperation between the two.
Evelyn G. Masassya, Director of PT Jamsostek, confirmed that a good regulatory framework will result in an effective implementation of BPJS. Evelyn suggested that there should be a revision of an investment restriction imposed on PT Jamsostek before the company’s health sector gets transferred to BPJS when it becomes effective.
On another note, Timobel Siregar, Coordinator of BPJS Watch, argued that the House of Representatives (House) is also not taking the implementation of BPJS Law seriously. Timboel urged the House to establish a supervisory team, which will supervise the Government in the making of implementing regulations.
However, member of the Third Commission of the House Indra responded that he has proposed a supervisory team concerning BPJS at the last House Plenary Meeting and the members of the House did not respond positively to his proposal.
Timboel concluded that he is concerned that the KSPI may file a lawsuit against the Government in regards to the Government failure to establish implementing regulations as mandated by the law. It should be noted that a similar lawsuit concerning BPJS Law has been filed by Action Committee of Social Security in 2010.
(jt)