“SUS is for everyone, for everyone who claims it”: managing health litigation in a time of crisis
Lucas de Magalhaes Freire
Abstract:The judicialization of health is a controversial topic. Some authors see it as the source of a series of problems in health policies that span from the disruption of waiting queues to shortages in drugs purchased by public administrations. For others, the recourse to legal action is a path taken to correct asymmetries in access to public services. Based on ethnographic research conducted between 2016 and 2017 in the Health Claims Resolution Chamber (CRLS), I compare these opposing stances and show how the requ… Show more
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