Pandemia de covid-19: o SUS mais necessário do que nunca
Aylene Bousquat, Marco Akerman, Áquilas Mendes, Marília Cristina Prado Louvison, Paulo Frazão, Paulo Capel Narvai
Abstract
The discussion on the various ways of organizing health systems and services is no longer restricted to specialists. It has come to occupy a significant space both in the commercial media and social networks and in everyday conversations during the covid-19 pandemic. In the Brazilian case, SUS has been the target of constant attacks in recent years. There is a succession of decommissioning policies associated with a scenario of brutal disinvestment. After the beginning of the pandemic, this situation began to show changes. SUS started to be positively valued, registering testimonies in its defense, coming from mouths it had never been present before. In this sense, this article points out the main weaknesses and strengths of SUS both in coping with the covid-19 pandemic and in its journey towards a more effective universal health system.