NEWS

19/09/2025

09:15

Bogucki:

President Forced Government Concessions on 800+ and Healthcare for Foreigners. Coalition Partially Started Acting in Poles' Interest

Mateusz Nowak

- I have read it, I have interpreted it, and today I will discuss it with the President. In short, one thing can be stated: the President, with his veto, a very good veto, forced this government and this coalition to move forward, at least to some extent, when it comes to tightening healthcare benefits - said Zbigniew Bogucki in PR1.

- For example, the 800+ benefit is not an ideal solution that the government is proposing; it is also postponed longer than the President proposed. However, this is a result of the presidential veto that there is finally some tightening of the 800+ benefit, not in the form the President would have wished, but still - he continued.

- Also, in the scope of healthcare, we have a limitation of the so-called benefit basket, meaning not all benefits will be available to Ukrainians as they were before. However, there is no personal limitation. This means that a Ukrainian who does not work, unlike a Pole who does not work and has no other grounds for healthcare, for health insurance, will receive this benefit, while a Pole will not. This is not in order - he continued.

- One can say that the President showed that the veto was necessary, and the President forced this government to make concessions, at least regarding 800+, and to some extent, incompletely, also regarding healthcare benefits [...]. Both the veto and the presidential draft [...] caused the coalition to at least partially start acting in the interest of Poles, in the interest of the Polish budget - he added.

- This law, in short, is better than the law that was vetoed, but this law also does not include all the solutions that should be there and that are in the presidential draft - he noted.


Mateusz Nowak