OBJECTIVES:  The Polish state agency for health technology assessment (AOTM/AOTMiT) serves as an advisory body to the Minister of Health, to whom it issues the HTA-based recommendations on reimbursement of new health technologies. The recommendations are being partly blinded before making them available to the general public. Nevertheless, it was assumed that the citizens of a democratic country should have an appropriate insight into these recommendations, since they pertain to spending of public money. Consequently, the goal of this study was to examine how the formally existing fundamental right to information has been exercised in reality in Poland and how the execution of this right has changed in recent years. METHODS:  All recommendations on financing new technologies published by the President of the AOTM/AOTMiT within two predefined equal periods of time between 2013 and 2015 were analysed. The texts of the recommendations were evaluated with regard to the frequency of blinding their parts to the public, their readability and clarity of messages. The gathered data and assessments were subjected to statistical analysis. The descriptive statistics were conducted (mean, standard deviation, frequency, range), as well as the Pearson's Chi-square test for independence was used to assess relationships. RESULTS:  The frequency and intensity of censoring the published HTA-based recommendations on reimbursement of health technologies has diminished. The text readability and clarity of message resulting from recommendations has improved. The improvements were made without issuing any new laws or regulations and they occurred due to the changed interpretation of the already existing legislation, as well as the change in culture and public communication policy. CONCLUSIONS:  The positive changes in the public communication policy should be maintained. The transparency of the HTA-based recommendations should be increased further in some areas in the future.