One of the recurring criticisms of Brazil’s Economy Ministry, led by the ultraliberal Paulo Guedes, has been its failure to execute a single privatization project in 22 months in office. After struggling to make progress on plans to privatize state-owned electricity firm Eletrobras — the intended first step toward Mr. Guedes’ wild promise to sell off “every single state-owned company” — the Economy Ministry made a curious turn toward the country’s public health system.
Advisors of Mr. Guedes told The Brazilian Report that the cabinet minister deemed privatizing parts of the health system would be “easier” to sell to Congress — and he was dead wrong.
On Tuesday, the government published a degree including primary healthcare facilities in the scope of the federal concession and privatization program. This would open the door for...
Search
