500 International Organization Calls Importance of Health Insurance

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - Approximately 500 international institutions promoted the importance that all governments around the world accelerate health insurance reform in each country so that all citizens can gain access to quality services.

"Universal health insurance is an important element to stop extreme poverty and sharing prosperity together within one generation," said Senior Director of Health, Nutrition, and Population World Bank Group's Global Tim Evans in a press release received here on Sunday.

A total of 500 over the agency participated in the Universal Health Insurance Day Coalition formed by the UN resolution, December 12, 2012, which encourages universal health insurance as one of the pillars of sustainable development and global security.

This is because it is considered there is progress in addressing global diseases such as HIV / AIDS and diseases that can be prevented with vaccines such as measles and tetanus, but there is still a global gap between those who have access to health services and those who do not.

Even thought, there are approximately 100 million people who fall into the cycle of poverty because they or their family members suffer from very serious health problems that deplete their savings.

While approximately one billion people per year is not expected to be able to access the health services they need that led to the emergence of the disease can be disastrous epidemic.

"Ebola is one of the latest examples to answer about how the importance of national health insurance as the strongest concepts in public health," said Assistant Director General for Health Systems and Innovation WHO, Marie-Paule Kieny.

According to Marie-Paule Kieny, investing in strong health systems and reach out to all citizens is the only way to truly protect and improve the lives of citizens, particularly those who face threats such as the increasing threat of diseases that can be globalized.

Meanwhile, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stressed that the National Health Insurance and investment in health systems can accelerate global efforts and to ensure access to health services and stop preventable deaths, especially among vulnerable populations such as women and children.

While the ILO Director General Guy Ryder argues, national health insurance is the key to combating poverty, reducing inequality, and fosters economic growth. Policy makers should also not ignore the relationship between sustainable development with decent work for all who need health protection.

CEO of Save the Children International said Jasmine Whitbread, robust health system not only to prevent a crisis such as Ebola, it is the basis of efforts to stop the deaths of children and mothers giving birth.

Throughout the 20th century, universal health insurance is still considered limited to a few high-income countries, but over the past two decades, a number of developing countries have also been successful in implementing health insurance reform that covers all citizens such as Brazil, Ghana, Mexico, Rwanda, Thailand, and Turkey.

Previous in Indonesia, the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) asked the government to postpone the implementation of Health Security Agency (BPJS) Health Non-Beneficiary Contribution (PBI) which is planned to begin January 1, 2015.

Apindo Chairman Hari Sukamdani in a press conference here on Tuesday said the delay is not a denial attitude Apindo for implementation BPJS Health, but there are still many problems, especially for non-PBI, one of which is not yet implemented Coordination of Benefits (COB) or coordination benefits. (MFD)