Health Insurance’s Over-budget

The government had gone back and forth to disburse reserved funds to patch up BPJS Health’s deficit. The gap between spending and revenues remain wide.

Retno Sulistyowati

September 25, 2018

Arief Hidayatullah had to search for additional income to pay his rent, motorcycle installment, and household needs. The 29-year-old nurse for a private hospital in Karawang, West Java said that he has not received his paycheck since June. “I had to borrow from my parents. It’s very embarrassing,” he told Tempo, two weeks ago. Arief is so short on money that he had to postpone his plan to give his pregnant wife an air conditioni

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