The social security system in Poland includes the following components:
- Social insurance and welfare system
- Health insurance system (see pl:Ubezpieczenie zdrowotne and Health care in Poland)
- Unemployment benefits
- Family benefits
The main institutions responsible for social security are:
- Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych, ZUS)
- Agricultural Social Insurance Fund [pl] (Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego, KRUS)
- Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy (Ministerstwo Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej, MRPiPS)
- National Health Fund (Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia, NFZ)
- Open health funds [pl] (otwarte fundusze emerytalne, OFE)
- Occupational pension programs [pl] (pracownicze programy emerytalne, PPE)
References
- ^ "Social Security in Poland", a 2016 brochure of the Social Insurance Institution
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