Financial plan execution seriously threatened: National Health Fund

The latest data on the National Health Fund (NFZ) indicate that the following months will bring increasing problems for the public payer in implementing the revenue plan. It may turn out that as early as next year the government will have to decide which expenses to reduce in order to implement the law on minimum expenditure on health care. The main reason is decreasing, mainly due to the consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, revenues from health contributions and the growing level of public debt. In 2020, the reduction in the Fund's revenues may amount to as much as several billion zlotys.

According to the data contained in the analysis by Public Policy analytical agency, in April 2020 the value of contributions transferred by the Social Insurance Institution to the National Health Fund was lower by PLN 1.3-1.6 billion from planned. In the light of forecasts for the following months in terms of the expected revenues of the National Health Fund, it is almost certain that the implementation of the revenue plan of the public payer in the planned amount will not be possible in the next few months. 

The study shows that the Fund's revenues from health contributions in 2020 may fall from PLN 3.7 billion to even PLN 14.8 billion.

"Although subsequent government decisions in recent years are transforming the system into a mixed direction, with an increasing share of funds from the state budget as the expected consequence of the so-called 6 percent of GDP on health, currently the collection of premiums, the level of remuneration and employment in the economy are the most important determinants financial condition of the public payer,” Wojciech Wiśniewski, President of the Board at Public Policy, said.

(WBJ)