PBI BPJS Health Insurance Participant Data to Be Updated Monthly
Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar has said the government will update the data of subsidised health insurance (PBI) participants under the Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) once a month, to ensure the assistance reaches its intended recipients.
"Whereas the integrated social welfare database (DTKS) is updated every three months, the PBI recipient data will be updated every month," Muhaimin said at the Coordinating Ministry for Community Empowerment office in Jakarta on Monday, 16 February 2026.
He said the data updating process would be consolidated together with BPJS. "This is important to consolidate so that misunderstandings do not occur," he said.
The chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) added that during the data updating process, members of the public would still be able to lodge objections or corrections to the recorded data. Objections can be submitted through three channels: the Cek Bansos platform, the call centre, and the Ministry of Social Affairs' WhatsApp number.
The BPJS Health issue drew criticism when the government suddenly deactivated 11 million PBI participants in early February 2026. The deactivation resulted in tens of thousands of people being turned away from health facilities when attempting to access services using their BPJS Health cards. The government later explained that the deactivation was a consequence of updating PBI participant data.
Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said the government would complete field verification of the 11 million deactivated participants within two working months. The verification is being carried out to determine which PBI BPJS Health participants should be reactivated, or alternatively transferred to self-funded BPJS membership.
Amalia explained the data verification process, stating that BPS field teams would work together with Family Hope Programme (PKH) facilitators from the Ministry of Social Affairs to directly check the accuracy of participant data.
"Within Cek Bansos, we have included a feature allowing the public to update their decile classification by entering their details and filling in the form we have provided. So the public can immediately take action to update their data there," Amalia said.
She continued that, based on a decision by the Minister of Social Affairs, deciles 1 through 5 fall within the category of PBI recipients. "This means the data we have prepared to support this policy involves ranking at the national level, not at the regional level," she said.
Amalia noted that the ranking process from decile 1 to decile 10 at the national level would differ from the decile classification in each region. "This is perhaps something that regional heads need to take note of," she said.
"Whereas the integrated social welfare database (DTKS) is updated every three months, the PBI recipient data will be updated every month," Muhaimin said at the Coordinating Ministry for Community Empowerment office in Jakarta on Monday, 16 February 2026.
He said the data updating process would be consolidated together with BPJS. "This is important to consolidate so that misunderstandings do not occur," he said.
The chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) added that during the data updating process, members of the public would still be able to lodge objections or corrections to the recorded data. Objections can be submitted through three channels: the Cek Bansos platform, the call centre, and the Ministry of Social Affairs' WhatsApp number.
The BPJS Health issue drew criticism when the government suddenly deactivated 11 million PBI participants in early February 2026. The deactivation resulted in tens of thousands of people being turned away from health facilities when attempting to access services using their BPJS Health cards. The government later explained that the deactivation was a consequence of updating PBI participant data.
Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti said the government would complete field verification of the 11 million deactivated participants within two working months. The verification is being carried out to determine which PBI BPJS Health participants should be reactivated, or alternatively transferred to self-funded BPJS membership.
Amalia explained the data verification process, stating that BPS field teams would work together with Family Hope Programme (PKH) facilitators from the Ministry of Social Affairs to directly check the accuracy of participant data.
"Within Cek Bansos, we have included a feature allowing the public to update their decile classification by entering their details and filling in the form we have provided. So the public can immediately take action to update their data there," Amalia said.
She continued that, based on a decision by the Minister of Social Affairs, deciles 1 through 5 fall within the category of PBI recipients. "This means the data we have prepared to support this policy involves ranking at the national level, not at the regional level," she said.
Amalia noted that the ranking process from decile 1 to decile 10 at the national level would differ from the decile classification in each region. "This is perhaps something that regional heads need to take note of," she said.