How Do Indonesian Citizens Feel About the Enactment of the Health Law? The Latest Survey Results

The Omnibus Law, the Health Law (UU Kesehatan), was passed on July 11, 2023, by the House of Representatives (DPR). The plenary session approving the regulation was led by the Speaker of the House, Puan Maharani.

During the ratification process, Puan gathered the composition of factions that agreed and disagreed with the Health Bill. Puan reportedly allowed factions to both agree and reject the Health Bill.

After the majority of session participants agreed to the ratification of the Bill into Law, Puan claimed that every aspiration provided by healthcare providers had been considered in the articles contained in the Health Law.

"The rights of healthcare workers that were previously included in the Health Law will not be lost in this Law. In fact, the rights of healthcare workers will be improved in terms of welfare for a better livelihood," said Puan, quoted from the KemenpanRB website, Wednesday (12/7/2023).

However, what is the level of Indonesian public approval of the Omnibus Law on Health after its ratification?

In a survey by Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC), more people agreed with the ratification of the Health Law, namely 58.3% of total respondents.

The details show that 44.4% of respondents agreed and 13.9% strongly agreed.

Meanwhile, 18.1% of respondents disagreed, consisting of 12.5% who disagreed and 5.6% who strongly disagreed. 23.6% answered "don't know".

This approval is not significantly different from a survey conducted by Kurious-KIC before the ratification of the Health Law on June 26-July 3, 2023.

In that survey, involving 734 respondents, more respondents agreed if the Health Bill was passed, namely 53.3% of the total respondents. The details show that 40.6% of respondents agreed and 12.7% strongly agreed.

Meanwhile, 28.3% of respondents disagreed, consisting of 20% who disagreed and 8.3% who strongly disagreed. Then there were 18.4% of respondents who said they didn't know.

For this latest survey on the level of approval of the Health Law, Kurious-KIC involved 622 respondents with a proportion of 53.8% female respondents and 46.2% male respondents.

More than half of the respondents came from Java Island excluding Jakarta (63.6%), followed by DKI Jakarta (15.4%) and Sumatra Island (12.1%).

Meanwhile, the proportion of respondents from Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.9% to 3%.

Most respondents were aged between 25-34 years (33.1%), followed by the 35-44 year group (32.3%) and the 45-54 year group (25.1%).

The survey was conducted from August 3-10, 2023, using the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) method, with a margin of error of approximately 3.8% and a 95% confidence level.