> Corruption like this is almost non-existent anymore. Was very much the case 10 years ago and earlier. Docs make serious money now, they don't need to risk it

> Corruption like this is almost non-existent anymore. Was very much the case 10 years ago and earlier. Docs make serious money now, they don't need to risk it with bribery. Go to a hospital where you need to be operated. Look at the queues to see the ordynator and how people behave and talk among each other how much to give. have you been to a hospital recently? I have, I visited the parents of a freind and actually witnessed this, not from a theoretical parespective but in real life. Ask around. >> Finally the medicines/drugs are not refunded. You have to pay for them. This is wild for someone coming from France. > Sorry, WHAT? This was never the case, where are you getting this from? Do you actually live in Poland?? OK, let's try this. When you are sick and you get a recept for medicaments, do you pay for them, or are they free? You have to pay. Do you get a reimbursement? Maybe 50% if you hit the right drug. You have to buy diapers for adults for a person who is handicapped. Are they free? No they are not. You pay for them, a part is subsudised. To 80% of a limit set (not the actual price) except if you apply fro special extra stiff such a PFRON. You have MS. Do you have access to modern medicamentation by default? No you don't - after 40 yo you get into a less efficient track. Please do your homework before discussing. There are people who actually know this becaise they were actually direcly involved. As a constrast, and something which is a baseline for civilized medicine -- my wife has MS and it costs us a few EUR per month (you pay 1 € per visit to the doctor and about 0.5 € per pack of medicine, up to 50 € per year total). This includes all the doctor visits, tomography, rehabilitation, ... I would say that my whole family pays 20 € a year total for everything medical. Like I said, I have a particular fondness for Poland which is a marvellous country. This does not mean that one should not point out the things that should change.