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Gov't adopts draft on free-of-charge medicines for seniors, children

The announcement was made by Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, during a press conference in Wołomin near Warsaw on Monday. Andrzej Lange/PAP

The Polish government has adopted a draft law which will enlarge the group of people entitled to free-of-charge medicines to include people under 18 years of age and seniors 65 plus.

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Legislation on the provision of free medicine for seniors and children will be adopted before the end of the current parliament, Jarosław Kaczyński, the president of the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party, has said.

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