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    "data": {
        "id": 1662034,
        "msgid": "bpjs-health-to-cover-complaints-from-mbg-unless-deemed-an-extraordinary-event-1775591462",
        "date": "2026-04-07 19:41:28",
        "title": "BPJS Health to Cover Complaints from MBG Unless Deemed an Extraordinary Event",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "BPJS Kesehatan has assured that it will cover health complaints from JKN participants arising from the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme, provided they do not constitute an Extraordinary Event (KLB). In cases of KLB, local governments would assume financial responsibility after initial coverage by the nutrition sector. The MBG initiative has reached 61.79 million people, primarily targeting schoolchildren, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers to combat stunting, with hopes for enhanced collaboration to improve national nutrition quality.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - BPJS Kesehatan states that it will cover\ncomplaints from participants in the National Health Insurance (JKN) due\nto food safety incidents in the Free Nutritious Meals Programme (MBG),\nas long as they are not an Extraordinary Event (KLB).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever there is a complaint felt by JKN participants who happen to\nreceive benefits in the form of food and then fall ill, we will still\nserve them through JKN as long as no KLB occurs,\u201d said the CEO of BPJS\nKesehatan, Prihati Pujowaskito, in Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pujowaskito explained that if a KLB occurs and the local government\ndeclares it as such, the financing will be borne by them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, extraordinary events that occur anywhere can be covered by\nJKN, but because the process might take some time, usually we cover it\nfirst from BGN itself, from the financial sector covering it first, then\nthere will be a separate meeting with BPJS Kesehatan to calculate the\ncosts of the KLB,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that from the beneficiary side, the MBG Programme has\nreached 61.79 million people, consisting of 49.58 million students and\n12.21 million non-students (from the groups of pregnant women,\nbreastfeeding mothers, and toddlers\/3B), which is the main part of the\npriority programme to reduce stunting rates.<\/p>\n<p>Gunalan hopes that cooperation with BPJS Kesehatan can realise an\nimprovement in the nutritional quality of Indonesian society.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that the success of the nutrition development programme\ncannot be done sectorally; strong, integrated, and sustainable\ncooperation is needed,\u201d said Gunalan.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bpjs-health-to-cover-complaints-from-mbg-unless-deemed-an-extraordinary-event-1775591462",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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