Cak Imin Assures Chronic Disease Patients Remain Protected by JKN Services

Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment A. Muhaimin Iskandar, known as Cak Imin, inspected dialysis patient services at Cengkareng Regional Hospital and the BPJS Kesehatan office in Jakarta on Thursday. During the visit, Muhaimin emphasised the government’s commitment to ensuring chronic disease patients remain protected by the National Health Insurance (JKN) scheme. He also urged that patients continue to receive protection and sustainable access to healthcare services. “Fundamentally, all of us, the government, we continue to want to ensure that the form of service, especially catastrophic care, particularly dialysis, runs smoothly without any delays in its implementation. Because a single delay will have fatal consequences for all parties,” Muhaimin said in a statement. Muhaimin explained that the JKN programme is a form of mutual cooperation by all Indonesian people to guarantee access to healthcare services. Through this mechanism, participants help one another so that people requiring high-cost medical services can obtain care without being burdened by treatment costs. He noted that the government allocates a budget of Rp48.6 trillion annually to fund Contribution Assistance Beneficiaries (PBI JKN), plus approximately Rp4 trillion from regional governments. Of this total financing, around Rp22.2 trillion is used to fund catastrophic disease services such as kidney failure, heart disease, cancer, and various other chronic illnesses. The government is also preparing additional budget support of Rp20 trillion to maintain the sustainability of the JKN Programme and improve service quality for all participants. “Most importantly, we will strive as much as possible to increase this membership with the earnest participation of the entire community,” Muhaimin stated. During his visit to Cengkareng Regional Hospital, Muhaimin also ensured that services to patients were running optimally. He engaged in dialogue with healthcare workers and patients to gain a direct picture of service implementation on the ground while gathering various inputs for policy refinement. By strengthening cross-ministerial and institutional coordination, the Coordinating Ministry for Community Empowerment is committed to ensuring all social protection policies align with efforts to improve public welfare. The government will also continue to ensure that chronic disease patients, particularly those from poor and vulnerable groups, obtain their right to quality, sustainable, and unhindered healthcare services through the National Health Insurance programme.