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2007-02-27 12:00:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Kind of . . .
Both public and private sectors finance health care in Brazil. The federal government funds universal medical care through the Sistema Unico de Saude (SUS) program, which was passed into constitutional law in 1988. SUS funds public hospitals in Brazil and contracts for medical care at individual private hospitals. Because Brazilians are not required to qualify or register for SUS, any person in Brazil can receive free medical care at any hospital with a SUS contract. Although the federal constitution guarantees universal health care to all Brazilians through SUS, the actual delivery of this care is limited by insufficient government funding. Brazilian health care also is funded by private medical insurance, which both complements and, in some cases, competes with SUS. Certain national corporations and government entities provide employees' medical insurance, which is valid only at specified hospitals.
2007-02-27 12:09:25 · answer #1 · answered by foolrex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you realize how naive of a question this is?
How can anything be paid for "by the government for its citizens????"
What is "The government?" Who funds it??? Does money just appear out of thin air?? Nothing is free!!! The only different between "government provided" services is that the people don't have a choice whether to pay for it and it has to go through a couple more layers of bureaucracy
2007-02-28 20:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Seth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is all wrong. Governments don't pay for anything. They confiscate citizens' funds to pay for things. So, the answer is no. On the other hand, they may have state-sponsored health care, which is health care paid for out of tax receipts.
2007-02-27 12:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by desotobrave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in Brazil for 10 years. Yes, they do have public health care (bad) and public education (worse).
As someone else mentioned, they do have excellent free public universities, but kids who went to public school can't pass the tests.
So guess who gets free college? Right, the ones who could afford private elementary and high school.
As far as health care, I think their crappy system is better than ours. Here, if you are a working person and don't have insurance you are SCREWED. My housekeeper used the public health care system, and even was able to get her teeth fixed. Yes, there was a waiting list but beats what we have here for the working poor which is NADA!
2007-03-03 08:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by magicalpossibilities 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Helth and education at all levels, but they all suck, except for the education at universitarian level, that's very good.
2007-02-28 14:47:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In true, we have to pay for health care and education.
Public institutions don't work!!!!!
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2007-03-01 06:27:24 · answer #6 · answered by Andrea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋