Social security system in Poland

The social security system in Poland includes the following components:[1]

• 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:[1]

• 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

1. "Social Security in Poland", a 2016 brochure of the Social Insurance Institution