"We are in the process of requesting data from the regions, recording data of people with disabilities and persons with mental disorders. We need this so that those who cannot afford (health insurance) can take their family members who are mentally ill to seek treatment at the local health center or hospital,” she informed here on Saturday.
Meanwhile, those who can afford treatment are being encouraged to pay the health insurance fee independently.
In line with the National Strategy for Corruption Prevention (Stranas PK), in terms of data with the Social Ministry, the existence of DTKS is aimed to serve as a reference for all government programs that serve and target the poor, such as the National Health Insurance Dues Assistance (PBI-JKN).
PBI-JKN is only meant for poor people who cannot afford to pay the national health insurance fee, and avail the assistance, their single identity number (NIK) needs to match with data with the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registry of the Home Affairs Ministry.
In 2021, the Social Affairs Ministry carried out validation or cleansing of old PBI data by deleting 5,397,068 duplicate data and 1,957,594 data items on deceased people.
At the same time, after the data cleansing, the ministry added data on 24,404,214 new persons to the database and removed 13,418,978 eligible persons on account of death, transfer of segments, or their being ineligible for assistance in the region.
In November 2022, the number of participants recorded in PBI-JKN reached 96.8 million nationally, but many regions have sought additional quotas for residents.
For this reason, Minister Rismaharini has allowed regions to update or expand data on persons requiring the assistance.
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