Brazil has improved health care for all, but inequalities persist

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A special edition of the International Journal for Equity in Health, co-edited by UCLA's James Macinko, highlights the beneficial role of Brazil's universal healthcare, which has improved access to care and health outcomes. In contrast to the US, Brazilians have a constitutional right to healthcare, so the government has to provide it. But the country's ongoing financial and political crisis could undo much of that progress. Can the US learn from this?

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