Coordinating Minister Asks PBI-JKN Recipients to Cooperate During Field Verification
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar has asked BPJS Kesehatan participants in the Premium Assistance Beneficiary for National Health Insurance (PBI-JKN) segment to cooperate during the government’s field verification or ground check process.
At a press conference following a limited meeting with the Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) and the Minister of Social Affairs in Jakarta on Thursday, Muhaimin said the field verification involves no fewer than 60,000 officers from BPS and the Ministry of Social Affairs together with district and municipal social affairs offices.
“Please provide accurate data that reflects actual conditions so that the distribution of government assistance, particularly PBI-JKN, can reach the right targets,” he said.
He emphasised that data accuracy is key to ensuring health insurance premium subsidies are genuinely received by eligible citizens and to supporting comprehensive development planning.
Muhaimin also asked officers who have begun visiting beneficiaries in the field to work in a disciplined, responsible manner and in accordance with established procedures.
The number of PBI-JKN recipients currently stands at approximately 152 million people, or around 52 per cent of Indonesia’s total population, with roughly 100 million participants funded by the central government and approximately 50 million others by regional governments.
However, the government has found that many poor and near-poor community groups remain unprotected during this process.
This is reflected in the 2025 National Socio-Economic Single Data (DTSEN) announced by Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf, which shows that more than 54 million people in Decile 1-5 groups have not yet received PBI-JKN.
Conversely, more than 15 million people in Decile 6-10 groups and non-decile categories are still registered as recipients. Furthermore, more than 11 million PBI-JKN memberships have been deactivated, and field verification is required to determine whether they fall within the category of groups eligible for assistance.
With these considerations, Coordinating Minister Muhaimin stated that readjustments to participant data registration are necessary to ensure assistance reaches the right targets.