The coup against democracy, austerity and the attack on SUS: 2016, the year that didn't end.

Abstract

This article discusses the impacts of Constitutional Amendment n. 95 (EC 95) on the Unified Health System. To this end, it begins by describing the implications of the 2016 parliamentary coup on state practices and public health. Then, it goes on to the SUS financing history since the Federal Constitution of 1988 (CF 88). Next, it addresses the consecrated narrative since the 2016 parliamentary coup, which associates the economic crisis with the excess of public spending, in order to justify the adoption of the austerity policy, with negative impacts on public services. It seeks to show that EC 95 imposes a permanent fiscal adjustment agenda and will be interpreted in the light of the concept of neoliberalism as a technology of government. In its empirical dimension, the work shows the effects of spending rules on SUS.