JAKARTA,
Jan. 13 (Xinhua) - Indonesian Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said
on Friday that her ministry has allocated some 6.5 trillion rupiah (about 708.8
million U.S. dollars) to fund health insurance program for the poor this year.
Endang said
that the program, called Jamkesnas, includes hospitals providing special
medical treatment to the poor across the country.
"There
are more than 1,070 hospitals providing Jamkesnas scheme for the poor in the
country at the moment. We are expecting 300 more hospitals to join the program
this year," the health minister said.
The
ministry regards hospitals that join the program as General Service Provider
(BLU).
The
ministry had earmarked 29.915 trillion rupiah (about 3.2 billion dollars) in
this year's state budget, and most of the fund would be used to improve health
service for the poor.
Editor: Xiong Tong
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