Social and health insurance system in Poland seems to be favoring people that are either self-employed or freelancers. Let me give you three examples (I was ass

Social and health insurance system in Poland seems to be favoring people that are either self-employed or freelancers. Let me give you three examples (I was assuming that 1 PLN ~ 0.33 USD): - If you are full-time employee in a company then health insurance is relative to your salary (no matter how big it is). The system for calculating it is complicated, but to give you an impression - if you are earning $3000/month, you would have to spend around $230 from it for health insurance. - If you are self-employed you can pay a minimal amount specified by health department. During first 2 years you have a privilege to pay only 50% of this amount. So if you have started a company in 2010 and you are earning $3000/month, then health insurance will cost you $90. - Freelancers working on contract basis can pay either a fixed amount of ~100$ (when working exclusively on "umowa o dzielo" contracts) or 9% of the total cost of service (when working on "umowa zlecenia" contract type). By mixing two types of contracts, it's possible for an independent contrator to pay as low as $10/month for health insurance with incomes exceeding $3000.