BPJS to Boost Participant Engagement Through Campus Outreach

BPJS Kesehatan’s Chief Executive Officer Prihati Pujowaskito said he would implement activities to increase BPJS participation, particularly among self-paying members. The activities include BPJS entering campuses.

‘Like BPJS entering campuses, BPJS goes to places where informal groups exist that are usually dominated by the self-paying segment,’ he said at the BPJS Head Office in Central Jakarta on Wednesday, 4 March 2026.

The agency reports that BPJS has 282.7 million participants, or 98.62 per cent of Indonesia’s total population as of 31 December 2025. However, the participation rate is only 81.45 per cent.

Prihati said BPJS would increase activities to remind participants to pay their contributions. All segments will be approached. ‘We will create activities to bring ourselves closer,’ he said.

Regarding plans to raise contributions in 2026, Prihati said BPJS Kesehatan’s contributions for 2026 have not yet risen. BPJS is still waiting for a government decision.

Prihati said the government does plan to raise BPJS Kesehatan contributions in 2026 starting with the Penerima Bantuan Iuran (PBI). However, none of this has progressed. ‘We are still waiting for the government,’ he said.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin previously planned to raise BPJS Kesehatan contributions so the programme could be sustainable. According to Budi Gunadi, the BPJS Health deficit would reach Rp 20-30 trillion per year. The deficit will be financed by the government through a budget of Rp 20 trillion. Nevertheless, he reminded that the deficit would occur every year.

The deficit would be felt through delays in payments to hospitals. Consequently, hospitals would struggle to finance their operations. ‘That is why there must be structural changes,’ the minister said in Jakarta on Wednesday, 25 February 2026, as quoted by Antara.

On that occasion, Budi Gunadi also stated that he believed premium increases would only affect the middle class and upwards. ‘That BPJS premium increases do not affect the poor at all. Because the poor are funded by the government,’ he said.

If tariffs are increased, the Minister is optimistic it will not affect those in Decile 1-5 in the National Socio-Economic Data (DTSEN). They are covered by the government under the Penerima Bantuan Iuran Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (PBI JKN) scheme.

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