The government presents priorities. What about health?

The first pillar is "Safe Poland, Safe Poles," in which, in addition to the obvious issues (defense), energy or economic security, for example, fit in. Health issues - although also part of security - do not.

The priority of Donald Tusk's government is supposed to be "an efficient system of health care services" (this goal has not been achieved for more than a quarter of a century). Hardly surprising: according to the latest CBOS poll, 70 percent of respondents still have a negative assessment of public health care in Poland. Only 25 percent. - 2 percent less than two years ago - have a good opinion of it. - Since we have been monitoring opinions on the subject, i.e. since 2001, those satisfied with the functioning of health care have been in the minority. In the last decade, we registered relatively good ratings during the June 2020 pandemic, and they have deteriorated in subsequent years, the report's authors noted.

E-health is set to help achieve the goal: experience with e-prescription or e-referral, a tested and well-reviewed (not only in Poland), easy registration system for vaccinations p. COVID-19, now popular (also thanks to the possibility of easy registration through digital tools) "My Health" program are milestones that make the system more accessible to people who want to use it (above all, those who are not digitally excluded, which is not necessarily an advantage of the solutions, as the COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccinations conducted at that time showed, Poland failed to sufficiently protect the oldest seniors).

In recent months, however, there is not a week (and in recent weeks it is hard to find such a day) without reports of the difficult and deteriorating financial situation of the health care system. The NFZ is quite commonly - although this is still journalism rather than a description of the actual state of affairs - called bankrupt, while reports, whether about unpaid (end of the third quarter!) liabilities for the first half of the year (drug programs - PLN 1.6 billion) or non-limited benefits do not fill with optimism. The government proposes, as a priority, to spend more efficiently the money that health care has at its disposal. This is not the same as building an efficient system.