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A study published this Thursday (23) by the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies (Inesc) indicates that the measures of fiscal rigor and the approval of the Constitutional Amendment to the Expenditure Limit reduced social policies that could protect the most vulnerable population during the pandemic from Covid. -19, including the Unified Health System (SUS).
According to the report, the lack of beds in the ICUs in Ceará and Amazonas are examples of the consequences of the freezing of funds. In 2019, the health sector had similar investments with the 2014 budget, which is not enough to serve the country’s current population, according to the survey.
“If in 2019 the government had applied the same percentage that it used in 2017 (15% of current net income each year), Health would have a budget of R $ 20.2 billion higher. With the budget frozen for 20 years, the loss to SUS can exceed R $ 400 billion. The amount invested per person, which reached R $ 595 in 2014, became R $ 555 in 2020 “.
In Ceará, according to the Secretary of State for Health, the number of beds in hospitals is close to the limit, and 100% of the vacancies in the ICU are filled. The state has had around 260 confirmed deaths from Covid-19 and more than 4,500 confirmed cases.
Amazonas, on the other hand, is approaching the collapse of the public system, on Wednesday (22) the beds of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for patients with the new coronavirus have already reached 91% of occupancy, according to the Department of State health.
According to the report, from 2014 to 2019 there were cuts of 28.9% in the discretionary spending of the country’s social programs. Only in the period between 2018 and 2019, the fall in social spending reached 8.6%.
Other areas that have suffered frost
Other public policy sectors have also seen drastic cuts in recent years, according to the report.
The sector focused on racial and gender equality policies was the most affected by the cuts in 2019. The variation in the budget for racial equality decreased by 45.77% compared to 2018. Considering the period from 2014 to 2019, the decrease The real resources in this area are 81%.
The same happened with women’s policies, whose budget was reduced by 75%.
The one dedicated to indigenous health had a loss of R $ 280 million from 2018 to 2019.
The Youth and Adult Education Program (Eja) reduced its resources from R $ 76 million to R $ 2.4 million in 2019.
Child and adolescent health, sexual violence, education, the environment, child labor and the National Education Program (PNE) also suffered drastic reductions.
