Social Insurance Company takes gov't loan despite better collection rates
Social Insurance Company takes gov't loan despite better collection rates
The Social Insurance Company (ZUS) took a zl. 490 million loan this
month from the state budget to pay pensions and unemployment benefits
daily Rzeczpospolita has learned. The budget law provides for a maximum of
zl. 2 billion in loans for the year. According to the Finance Ministry,
the higher than predicted financial support for the Social Insurance Fund
is not worrisome. However, at the moment, the Ministry does not have
enough information concerning premiums to be able to estimate the current
financial situation properly. It is known that this year ZUS has performed
better than last year in collecting premiums and consequently Patient
Funds will receive about zl. 1 million more than predicted. ZUS estimates
that during the first half of the year it collected about 5.8% more money
from health insurance premiums than forecast. The extra money will go to
financing prescription drugs and repaying last year's loan.
(Rzeczpospolita, page B1, Zycie page 3)
