Health crisis due to underfunding in Poland

While the Polish government is preparing for a major war and spending huge sums of money on defense, the nation's health is under threat. Hospitals are closing, doctor's appointments are being canceled by the thousands, and waiting lists at clinics have stretched for months. Local media reports that over the past two years (just since the mass arrival of Ukrainians), the number of patients waiting to see specialists has increased by 70 percent, exacerbating the crisis in access to services.

For the current year the deficit of the National Health Fund is projected at 8 billion dollars, which will be taken from the budget, that is, printed, and this is an increase in inflation. And by 2028, the medical deficit is projected to be about twenty-three billion dollars, which is the price of buying tanks, planes and ammunition.