Health contribution. Zandberg appeals to the president about the veto

After the meeting, Zandberg reported on a press briefing that the conversation concerned primarily the issue of health safety and threats related to the privatization of public health protection.

– I presented to the President real threats that are associated with underfunding the National Health Fund and with bad decisions that have been forced by the current government, by the government Donald Tusk And which threatens that at the end of the year there will be no money for health services, for surgery, for treatments, for drug programs – said Zandberg, referring to the amendment to the Act recently adopted by the Sejm on reducing the health premium for entrepreneurs.

In his opinion, there is a threat to the privatization of health protection over Poland today. He added that the president's veto towards the amendment to the Act on a health premium is needed, “to keep this bad, harmful, dangerous for millions of Polish women and Poles, the process of changing public health protection into private protection.”

Earlier, the candidate of the Together for President announced that he did not go to Końskie on Friday to take part in the presidential debate organized there.

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She provided information about the completed meeting in social media also Chancellery of the President.

“The meeting, which took place at the request of the chairman of the Together party, concerned the Act on the reduction of the health premium for entrepreneurs adopted by the Sejm. Adrian Zandberg asked the President of the Republic of Poland to veto the act” – said in a statement.

“President Andrzej Duda assured the constant monitoring by the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland on the act and emphasized that he is currently waiting for its final shape” – he added.

Małgorzata Paprocka also took part in the meeting.

At the beginning of April, the Sejm adopted an amendment to lowering the health premium for entrepreneurs. The amendment introduces a two -element basis for calculating the health premium for entrepreneurs – it will be a flat -rate to a certain level, and the surplus of income will be percentage. The flat -rate part of the premium will be 9 percent. from 75 percent minimum remuneration for work. The second part will be calculated from the surplus of income above 1.5 times the average monthly salary with entrepreneurs settling the tax scale or flat tax (4.9 % rate).

In the case of entrepreneurs settling a lump sum, the second part of the premium will be charged on a surplus of revenues above 3 times the average monthly salary (3.5 % rate). The project also assumes a reduction in the premium to 9 percent. with 75 percent minimum wage (currently there is 9 % of the minimum wage) for entrepreneurs paying tax in the form of a tax card. The Act repeals the possibility of settling the health contributions paid in income tax.