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The society aging process is inescapable in Poland, similarly as in other European countries. This is proved by the demographic data and clear increasing trends of life expectancy. The consequence is the escalation of the phenomenon of multiple morbidity in elderly people and their limited possibilities to live on their own. Those issues, coupled with the financial shortages of the health care system, pose a new challenge for the public payer, i.e. the National Health Fund (NFZ). In this paper, the author identifies and subsequently analyses and evaluates the necessary actions related to the process of elderly care in Poland. She seeks an answer to the question whether the Polish health care system is prepared, or is duly preparing, for this intensified obligation.