With the enactment of the 2004 Law on the National Social Security System and Law No. 24 of 2011 on the Social Security Administrative Body, the Government of Indonesia has made a strong commitment to achieving universal health coverage (UHC). In 2012, the National Social Security Board, Dewan Jaminan Sosial Nasional (DJSN) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) laid out a road map toward an integrated social health protection (SHP) system and the establishment of a Social Security Administrative Body for Health, known as BPJS Kesehatan. Prior to 2014, a range of fragmented health protection schemes existed, which were eventually merged into a single-payer system, known as Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN), managed by BPJS Kesehatan. Currently, the JKN national health insurance scheme is one of the largest single-payer systems in the world, with around 223 million members as of 2020. Since its implementation, it extended social health insurance coverage to more than 82 percent of the total population in Indonesia.

This country brief is part of the country briefs series: Social Protection in action: building social protection floors for all.