Sunday, October 18, 2009

Health Insurance for Artists, is it necessary?

Governor Dr Pakde Soekarwo or Karwo "greeting familiar" when he read his speech at the friendship and giving awards to 10 artists and humanists and compassion to strap a 300 artists at the Graha Wisata Dinas Kebudayaan and Tourism Office of East Java, Surabaya, Wednesday (9 / 9) , his idea about the importance of health insurance for artists. The idea put forward Pakde Karwo appeared spontaneously, outside the speech text, because a whisper Karwo Bude, Mrs. Nina Kirana Soekarwo, which comes accompanied after seeing comedian Srimulat, Kentus, who went looking for stuttering may be attacked by uric acid.


Governor gives some reasons about the importance of health insurance for artists. First, the role of art in the life of the nation has an important meaning as a form of nationalism. Second, the existence of art no less important than the physical development. Third, the art could cleanse the human soul and makes us born again as human beings. Karwo Pakde also quoted the speech of U.S. President John F Kennedy that if politics is dirty, then the arts are able to clean it. Java Sasanti mencuplik also that art can wash his soul.

About the need for providing health insurance for artists, according to the Governor of East Java, is a couple's commitment and Gus Pakde Karwo Ipul (Saifullah Yusuf) that the Government of East Java East Java watching public life, including artists. He menganalogikan with free school programs nine years in East Java who took a budget of Rp 628 billion in 2009-1010. If the government can help the school fees of students from poor families and teachers' salaries, the same thing would be made against the artists.

Thinking about health insurance for artists can be conducted in health centers and clinics in East Java which is adjacent to residence artists. Pakde Karwo explains, "If there are artists who cough or affected uric acid, for example, can be examined at the clinic". Greeting the governor received spontaneous applause of hundreds of artists who attended the Hospitality.

Karwo Pakde ideas I consider a new, original and first proposed by a governor. Maybe other governors in Indonesia have not thought that way. However, the original idea was to be observed. Examined by looking for references of law as a basis for the operationalization of the necessity of providing health insurance for artists. In the Constitution of 1945 Article 32 mandates: the Government advance the national culture of Indonesia. This means that the government does not regulate private business life of artists, including health problems.

Draft Law on the Arts has not been discussed by legislators at the House of Representatives. Concern for the health of the Governor of East Java is the artist that allows fresh discourse is realized in the era of regional autonomy that run since 2000. In explanation of Act No. 22 of 1999 on Regional Government "as updated in 2000," among others, mentioned that the head of the region as a public protector should be able to think, act, and act with more priority to the interests of the nation, state, and the general public rather than private interests , class, and flow.

So the idea that the Governor of East Java in line with the explanation that mandated Law on Local Government. For that, the idea of health insurance for artists to follow up and get a positive response, especially from Java legislators and other relevant agencies, particularly East Java Provincial Health Office and the management of public hospitals owned by the Government of East Java province, spread in urban areas and districts. If the legislative and the executive has the political will in responding to the idea of the governor, sooner or later must be realized gradually, slowly but surely.

Given the Governor of East Java service is still less four and a half years, until the next 2014 years, the possibility that ideas can be realized. In order to realize the idea of health insurance for artists that require a mature discussion and antarinstansi trial penggodokan Parliament building which is actually a representative of the people and set forth in local rules (regulations) that have a legal umbrella.

Although currently in the middle of the community is already practiced health insurance for poor families (Askin) yangmengatur free treatment for the family can not afford at government hospitals. Should health insurance for artists? We are, perhaps, not have accurate data about the number of artists among the population of 36 million people in East Java. If it is assumed that the artist Java about 1 percent of the population, there are at least 3.6 million people peyandang predicate artists. Given the province of East Java has a variety of artistic traditions spread from Banyuwangi to Magetan and from Sumenep until Pacitan.

Arts Mataraman style tradition, Osing, culture arek, pedalungan, mapun coastal hinterland. Starting in love dance, drum jimbe, Kuntulan, Krucil wayang, wayang beber, wayang jekdong, dance mask, Reyog, ludruk, macapat, kentrung, nuanced art of Islam, and modern art such as theater, art, music, choirs, and other . In the urban areas and 38 districts of East Java as a mainstay of modern art and the tradition which remains preserved by the artists. Given that an artist or a professional arts workers, artists are members of the community like other professions, such as farmers, fishermen, laborers, merchants, and others.

At the beginning of this article mentioned, ars longa vita brevis or art is long and life is short. Thus, health insurance for artists would need to be realized, after the Government of East Java province first priority to overcome the problem of poverty and unemployment rates in East Java.

M DJUPRI Artists and Writers, Live in Malan

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