ArticleCadernos de saude publica2026
Health policies in Brazil (2016-2022): neoliberalism, pandemic, and threats to the Brazilian Unified National Health System.
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The article analyzes health policies in Brazil from 2016 to 2022, a period marked by a shift in national politics and the COVID-19 pandemic. The study examines federal health policy management under the administrations of Michel Temer (2016-2018) and Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022), considering the context, the political process, and policy content, as well as the different phases of the pandemic response. Drawing on historical institutionalism and the concept of critical juncture, the analysis explores continuities, changes, and disputes surrounding the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS). The study drew on document research, news articles, and the academic literature. The results indicate that the period was a critical juncture, with immediate and severe effects on policy implementation and the pandemic response. There were constraints on sectoral funding, setbacks in specific policies, institutional weakening, and forms of resistance within the state and society. During the period studied, no radical changes were observed in the direction of the Brazilian health system, due to structural factors, the institutional density of the SUS, competing policy agendas, the interaction of coalitions of actors with varied interests, or even the period's short duration. However, fully understanding the impact of this critical juncture, which is still recent, requires assessing its medium- and long-term repercussions at the global, regional, and national levels.
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