Following endorsement by WHO, the World Bank, and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the drive towards universal health coverage (UHC) is now one of the most prominent global health policies. As countries progress towards UHC, they are forced to make difficult choices about how to...

This paper discusses the right to health recognised in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988 and the growing judicialization of health in Brazil that followed, i.e. the growing number of court orders requiring the state to provide to individual claimants health products and services not included in...

We argue that deliberative decision-making that is inclusive, transparent and accountable can contribute to more trustworthy and legitimate decisions on difficult ethical questions and political trade-offs during the pandemic and beyond

Portuguese Abstract: Nos últimos anos constata-se no Brasil um aumento do número de decisões judiciais obrigando o poder público a fornecer medicamentos, insumos, equipamentos e cirurgias. Os juízes tendem a desconsiderar o impacto orçamentário de suas decisões e entendem que todos os...

Portuguese Abstract: Este artigo analisa os temas da escassez de recursos, custos dos direitos e cláusula de reserva do possível na jurisprudência do supremo tribunal federal brasileiro. Por meio do estudo dessas decisões, procuro, primeiramente, descobrir em que tipo de matéria esses temas...

Portuguese Abstract: Este trabalho discute as implicações da decisão do STF que amplia o número de beneficiários do Benefício de Prestação Continuada ao flexibilizar o limite de renda para seu recebimento. A Corte realizou uma escolha distributiva e política com custos de oportunidade...

There is a growing consensus that fair priority-setting and the right to health contribute to achieving universal health coverage. The right to health creates legal entitlements to receive care and fair priority-setting promotes efficient and just health systems. However, there can be tension...

Over the last decades, rationing of medical treatment in the National Health Service (NHS) has moved from implicit to being increasingly explicit about what is being denied and about the procedures and reasons for such decisions. This article argues that the courts have had an important role in...

English abstract: The literature on public health in Brazil has criticized the idea of universal health coverage (UHC), arguing that UHC is incompatible with the universal health system and the right to health. This article assesses that criticism and concludes that it creates a “strawman”...