FARIAS, M. L. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0153162294631887; FARIAS, Maria Lucineide da Silva.
Abstract:
In the last years we have observed the increase of critics to the Brazilian State in the matter of health. It is important to remember that the right to health is a right expressed in the Federal Constitution itself, constituting a range of actions whose implementation takes place through the implementation and development of public policies, in the process of elaboration of which requires the effective participation of society . Thus, in the exercise of its functions, it is the duty of the State to provide the apparatus constituting the public health service with the objective conditions that allow all citizens access to this constitutional right, guaranteeing equal care. However, all the mechanisms hitherto presented by the federal government to solve the problems with the financing of public health in Brazil, do not present real gains, in the face of ever increasing demand. It can be seen that the Union's concern [at least in theory] has been to make the minimum possible for the use of public health resources. Through the present study it can be seen that the Brazilian State has not been concerned with allocating the necessary resources to the functioning of the Unified Health System, making it impossible for it to comply with its guiding principles, in complete disregard of constitutional provisions.