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Not sure, that's why I specified "from what I understand".

BUT, most people aren't children, pregnant, or registered unemployed/very low income, so from that point of view to me it's still an insurance-centric system.

I pay a hefty amount each month and I was sick in the past and the system was so inefficient that I had to go to private doctors and clinics just to figure out what was wrong with me. I see the public insurance payments as a tax and I have private insurance to cover the costs of private doctors/hospitals.

But maybe that's just me.

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Here is a nice summary of Polish health care: https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/report...