Brazil: Rejection of the public health situation does not contaminate the popularity of Dilma
Last week, Ibope released a poll, commissioned by the National Industry Confederation (CNI) on the public health situation. The result was highly negative for the government.
According to the survey, 61% of the population considers the public health service to be “very bad” or “bad”; 54% assess the health in their city as “bad” or “very bad”, and 85% said they had not seen improvements in the public health over the last three years.
The main barriers attributed to the public health system were the delay / difficulty to be serviced (55%), lack of equipment / facilities / investments (10%) and lack of doctors (9%).
In addition to the understanding that there is an absence of effective management in public health, corruption is an issue of concern. For 82% of respondents, the government should fight corruption to get more resources to invest in health. For 53%, the waste should be reduced.
The negative public opinion in relation to public health is not new. In recent years, this is an area that has many problems and is evaluated negatively by respondents.
However, it is important to note that such problems did not contaminate the administration of former presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Lula and neither did it stop their reelections. The same goes for President Dilma Rousseff. Despite the negative assessment on health, the president has high approval, according to the latest poll.
Even if the issue of health is important and deserves attention from the Planalto Palace, alone it does not tend to produce shocks in the image of the president and government.
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