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Obstáculos à universalização do SUS: gastos tributários, demandas sindicais e subsídio estatal de planos privados / Obstacles to SUS universalization: tax expenditures, labor union demands and health insurance state subsidy
Departamento de Saúde PúblicaTesser, Charles Dalcanale; Serapioni, Mauro.
Affiliation
  • Departamento de Saúde PúblicaTesser, Charles Dalcanale; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarin. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Departamento de Saúde PúblicaTesser, Charles Dalcanale. Florianópolis. BR
  • Serapioni, Mauro; Universidade de Coimbra. Centro de Estudos Sociais. Sé Nova. PT
Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.) ; 26(6): 2323-2333, jun. 2021. tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: biblio-1278683
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RESUMO
Resumo À luz da análise comparada de sistemas de saúde (SS), discutimos três fenômenos estratégicos para a universalização do SUS a) os gastos tributários em saúde; b) o financiamento estatal de planos privados de servidores públicos; c) a demanda sindical por planos privados. Dentre os tipos-ideais de SS, o SUS é universal na lei, mas híbrido na prática beveridgeano na atenção primária à saúde (APS) e misto no cuidado especializado/hospitalar; sem ser universal na realidade (gastos públicos são só 43% dos gastos totais em saúde). Há grande subsídio estatal ao setor privado, via gastos tributários em saúde (30% do orçamento federal na saúde) e financiamento de planos privados para servidores públicos, o que gera incoerência, segmentação do sistema de saúde e iniquidades. Apesar do apoio genérico ao SUS, os movimentos sindicais vem usando planos de saúde na contratação coletiva (76% deles), reforçando o setor privado. A redução dos gastos tributários em saúde - incluindo o financiamento estatal dos planos privados de servidores - aumentaria significativamente o orçamento do SUS e facilitaria a articulação entre sanitaristas e sindicalistas, aproximando a grande força dos sindicatos da longa luta pela universalidade do SUS e da APS.
ABSTRACT
Abstract In the light of the comparative analysis of health systems, we discuss three strategic phenomena for the SUS universalization, as follows a) health tax expenditures; b) State funding of private plans for public servants; and c) trade union's demand for private health plans. Among the ideal types of health systems, SUS is universal in law, but hybrid in practice Beveridgian in primary health care (PHC) and mixed in specialized/hospital care; without really being universal (public spending is only 43% of total health expenditure). There is a massive state subsidy to the private sector, through health tax expenditures (30% of the federal health budget) and financing of private plans for public servants, which generates incoherence, segmentation of the health system and inequities. Despite the general support to the SUS, the union movements have been using private health plans in collective recruitment (76% of them), reinforcing the private sector. Reducing health tax expenditures - including state funding of servants' private plans - would significantly increase the SUS budget and facilitate articulation between health workers and trade unionists, bringing the high strength of unions closer to the long struggle for the universality of the SUS and PHC.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: SDG3 - Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health / Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas / SDG3 - Health and Well-Being Health problem: Financial Arrangements / Multisectoral Coordination / Goal 1 Equitable access to health services / Goal 11: Inequalities and inequities in health / Goal 4: Health financing / Goal 3 Human resources for health / Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health Database: LILACS Main subject: Health Expenditures / Insurance, Health Type of study: Health economic evaluation Aspects: Equity and inequality Limits: Humans Language: Portuguese Journal: Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.) Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil / Portugal Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarin/BR / Universidade de Coimbra/PT

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: SDG3 - Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health / Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas / SDG3 - Health and Well-Being Health problem: Financial Arrangements / Multisectoral Coordination / Goal 1 Equitable access to health services / Goal 11: Inequalities and inequities in health / Goal 4: Health financing / Goal 3 Human resources for health / Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health Database: LILACS Main subject: Health Expenditures / Insurance, Health Type of study: Health economic evaluation Aspects: Equity and inequality Limits: Humans Language: Portuguese Journal: Ciênc. Saúde Colet. (Impr.) Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil / Portugal Institution/Affiliation country: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarin/BR / Universidade de Coimbra/PT
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