The social security system in Poland includes the following components:
["Social Security in Poland"]
a 2016 brochure of the Social Insurance Institution
The Social Insurance Institution ( pl, Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych, ZUS) is a Polish state organization responsible for social insurance
Social insurance is a form of social welfare that provides insurance against economic risks. The i ...
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Social insurance and welfare system
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Health insurance system (see
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Health care in Poland
Health care in Poland is insurance based, delivered through a publicly funded health care system called the Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia, which is free for all the citizens of Poland provided they fall into the "insured" category (usually meaning that ...
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Unemployment benefits
Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployment, unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are fun ...
*Family benefits
The main institutions responsible for social security are:
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*]Social Insurance Institution
The Social Insurance Institution ( pl, Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych, ZUS) is a Polish state organization responsible for social insurance
Social insurance is a form of social welfare that provides insurance against economic risks. The i ...
(Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych, ZUS)
* (Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego, KRUS)
* Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej, MRPiPS)
* National Health Fund
The Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia is the National Health Fund of Poland. It was established by Act of the Sejm of 27 August 2004 on a proposal of Mariusz Lipinski, then the minister of health that there should be just one centralized government instit ...
(Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia, NFZ)
* (otwarte fundusze emerytalne, OFE)
* (pracownicze programy emerytalne, PPE)
References
Social security in Poland
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