Sistema Único de Saúde em Cachoeira - BA: uma análise dos componentes de financiamento, serviços de saúde e infraestrutura nos dias atuais

Abstract

The present paper aims to reflect on the health policy experienced in the daily life of the city of Cachoeira, analyzing some of the components of management: financing, health services and infrastructure, in the contemporary scenario. It stands out as a basis for analysis for the reflections presented here, the neoliberal ideology and the capitalist mode of production, which have brought harmful consequences to social rights, which are the fruit of historical achievements of the working class. Health policy is approached here as a social policy, because health is understood as one of the inherent rights of citizenship. In order to reach the reflections and conclusions, the qualitative, exploratory research, case study was used, having as main source of analysis, bibliographical review, documentary analysis and legislation pertinent to the theme. For a better understanding of the results of the research, content analysis was done, categorizing more relevant and recurring expressions. The work covered the historical process of the construction of SUS in the country, the impact of the state counter-reform on social policies, and lastly, the contextualization of health policy in the municipality of Cachoeira / BA. At the end it can be affirmed that there are many challenges to be solved for the survival of the public health system in Cachoeira.