The Legal Protection for Street Children in Getting Health Care Based on Law No. 23 of 2002 on Protection of Children and the Law 36 of 2009 on Health

Abstract

The legal protection of street children get health service has not been fully implemented because until now there are many street children who have difficulty-getting health care, including health insurance. Whereas Article 8 of Law No. 23 of 2002 on the Protection of the Child states that, every child has the right to obtain medical care and health insurance. The right to health care for street children have not been met entirely because up to now there are still many obstacles to be faced by street children get health service, as is often met with resistance from health care facilities, difficult to get health insurance and hard earned infrastructure adequate health services.