More than 200 health workers have yet to receive the promised financial incentives for their work on the frontlines of Indonesia’s pandemic response throughout 2022, independent data initiative LaporCOVID-19 has found. The organization received a total of 241 reports regarding late payment of the incentives, a majority of which were filed by health workers in West Java and East Java and who mostly worked either in private hospitals or hospitals owned by regional administrations.

Koalisi Masyarakat untuk Akses Keadilan Kesehatan melaporkan, sejumlah persoalan saat ini tengah dihadapi para nakes, seperti insentif yang dipotong karena pemerintah berdalih tidak memiliki anggaran hingga insentif tak kunjung disalurkan.