Reimbursement for medications and equal access to health care

Abstract

The author analyses the rules of reimbursement for medications contained in the Reimbursement Act of 12 May 2011, against the background of the regulations of the Health Act of 27 August 2004, in the context of the constitutional duty to provide citizens with equal access to health care services financed from public funds. He also discusses the dynamics of the performance
of the above duty as an example of actions of the legislature aimed to satisfy the provisions of art. 68.2 of Poland’s Constitution.