The article addresses the important issue of an aging society and its impact on the need for changes in social and health policy. The United States has become the backdrop to ongoing care, which through the Medicare government program strongly supports the financing of the care of people over 65 years of age. Unfortunately, the Polish government is still a little behind, pointing out the need for a systematic approach to the phenomenon of an aging society. It is important to integrate these people, to provide specialists and to take account of the process in public finances.