Strategy to Optimize Access to Health Service Financing for the Poor through the UHC Program in Bondowoso Regency

Abstract

This study aims to determine the Bondowoso district government's strategy for optimizing health service financing for low-income people in the Bondowoso district.
 The method used in compiling this paper is a qualitative descriptive approach using direct field observations, interviews with related parties, and supporting documents, focusing on strategic efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Bondowoso Regency as part of accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as an effort to ensure the fulfillment of citizens' rights to health, especially people with low incomes.
 The sustainable synergy of implementing the UHC program in Bondowoso district is inseparable from the close ties of communication and collaboration across related sectors, namely, among others, the Bondowoso District Health Office as executor in administration and also as supervisor, Bondowoso Regency Government through the Regional Development Planning Agency as well as the Regional Finance and Asset Management Agency in terms of budget, BPJS Health in terms of management of claims and premium contributions and cooperation with First Level Health Facilities and Referral/Advanced Level Facilities as a provider of public health services, the Social Service and the Tape Manis Post as parties that recommend targets who can receive the Health insurance program and the Population and Civil Registration Office in terms of synchronizing population data.
 In the implementation of the UHC Program in Bondowoso district, there are still several obstacles in terms of technical performance related to updating and synchronizing population data, human resources, technical financing, and supporting infrastructure so that the Government of Bondowoso Regency continues to evaluate and make improvements in terms of technical implementation and policies related to the performance of the UHC program, to optimize the achievement of UHC.