Firm, MP criticize insurance bill<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The bill on social security will add a greater burden to
\nemployees, who will be required to pay premiums for their
\ninsurance, an insurance firm director said.<\/p>\n
Jamsostek finance director Widjokongko Puspoyo said that under
\nthe social security system bill, employees would be obliged to
\npay for part of their own premium for health insurance, which is
\nnow covered entirely by employers.<\/p>\n
\"For health insurance policy holders, the new social security
\nsystem scheme will create workers' resistance,\" he said during a
\nhearing with House Commission VII on labor affairs.<\/p>\n
The bill, Widjokongko said, would also spark more controversy
\ndue to an article saying retirees would receive the minimum
\npension amount, while the present scheme states that pension
\nfunds would be a certain amount of money taken from the last
\nsalary.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) legislator
\nRekso Ageng Herman also said that the social insurance bill would
\nnot work if it remained unrevised.<\/p>\n
\"The bill suggests a combination of insurances - health,
\naccident, retirement protection, pension and life insurances,
\nwhich are not applicable. The bill needs revision,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He sought clarity over who would cover any claim if the
\ngovernment body authorized to run the social insurance program
\nwent bankrupt.<\/p>\n
\"The bill must not be endorsed hastily. We should discuss it
\ncarefully,\" he said.<\/p>\n
State pension insurance company PT Taspen director Ahmad
\nSubianto said he disagreed with the plan to put Taspen into the
\nnew social security system.<\/p>\n
The government has submitted to the House of Representatives a
\ndraft law on social insurance that would cover health, accident,
\npension, life and retirement.<\/p>\n
The bill stipulates that employees and employers would share
\nthe burden of paying premiums.<\/p>\n
For accident insurance, the bill states that the employers
\nwould cover the entire premium.<\/p>\n
In the case of poor people, the bill says the government would
\nprovide subsidies or cover all of their premiums, but it would be
\nfurther regulated under a government regulation.<\/p>\n
At present, workers in government institutions and the private
\nsector are registered with one of the insurance firms PT Askes,
\nAsabri, Taspen and Jamsostek. Civil servants, for example, do not
\npay accident insurance premiums.<\/p>\n
The bill also states that a non-profit body would be
\nestablished to run the social security system.<\/p>\n
The existing social insurance firms: PT Jamsostek, PT Askes,
\nPT Asabri and PT Taspen will maintain their roles, but they must
\ngradually adjust their programs to the social security system
\nlaw.<\/p>",
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