A parliamentary emergency subcommittee has approved a draft of changes to health premiums to take effect on January 1, 2026. MPs were not persuaded by arguments about the critically difficult financial situation of the National Health Fund and the gap between the payer's revenues and costs, which runs into hundreds of billions over the next four years. The bill will now go before the Health Committee and the Public Finance Committee.
The purpose of the amendment is to simplify the system of contributions and lower them for entrepreneurs, especially the smallest ones. Businesses are to pay low, flat-rate health premiums - although the solution is not as favorable as the one in place before the Polish Deal, entrepreneurs, relative to those working under employment contracts, will undoubtedly be favored. And the NFZ budget will lose PLN 6 billion a year. This m...
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