Advocacy for the Ease of BPJS Services for the Mentawai Indigenous Community

Visit to the BPJS office to ensure the prerequisites for collecting cards for those who have registered as BPJS participants.

This visit was a follow-up to the complaint from the head of Bekkeiluk Hamlet who was trying to represent his community to get a BPJS card.

When collecting the card, BPJS asks for a power of attorney from the card owner to the person representing him with a stamp of Rp. 10,000.

Based on population data in Bekkeiluk hamlet, there are around 60 residents who have registered with BPJS but have not been able to take cards to the district because they require quite large transportation costs.

However, to cover the stamp duty costs of Rp. 10,000/person ( ± Rp. 600,000) the hamlet head finds it difficult to get that much money.

After conveying the situation to the officers, BPJS finally provided a solution that people did not have to hold a BPJS card for treatment, but simply brought their KTP, which was directly connected to the BPJS system.

Writer :

Indra Gunawan