ABSTRACT
The objective of the article is to analyze the conjuncture after the 2014 presidential elections, by discussing possible connections with the global economic crisis and the unfolding of the 2016's coup d'etat in the health context. It is an opinion article that contemplated the analysis of the main political facts of the period above mentioned. The results highlight that the financialization of health, the fiscal adjustment, the restoration of neoliberalism, and the political clientelism of the right-wing political party have caused the breakdown of the SUS (Unified Health System), facing some resistance of fronts and progressive social movements. It is concluded the need for accumulation of political energies to change the correlation of forces in the current conjuncture.
KEYWORDS
Health policy; Unified Health System; Health care reform