Theoretically, the financial schedule of the National Health Fund for 2025 should have been known months ago. Meanwhile, the discussion between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance on the matter is ongoing. The lack of a plan means that hospitals are unable to plan their 2025 budgets well, and the situation of patient admissions at clinics with contracts with the national payer is also in question.
- When I hear about the need for reform to reduce funding in health care I wonder: Is there a pilot flying with us? How can spending be cut in the most important area on which the lives and health of Poles depend? I can't understand it," says Michal Bulsa, president of the Regional Medical Council in Szczecin.
"If it was bad in 2024, how will it be in 2025?"
The exchange of letters between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance, which was made public in the media last week, is causing great anxiety in the health sector. The National Health Fund's financial pl...
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