A capitalist project

the deuniversalization of collective health and the incidence of the state on individuals

Abstract

The crisis of contemporary capitalism has its nature in two instances: the Marxist law of the tendential fall in the rate of profit and the predominance of interest-bearing capital. Understanding this fact becomes essential for advancing in the analysis of the significant impact of this crisis on universal public health in the Brazilian context, and, furthermore, of how this crisis also affects individuals. Also, this research has the purpose of analyzing and understanding the deuniversalization of collective health as a result of a capitalist socio-political-economic project. To do so, we did a brief literature review of articles that address the intersection of Public Health, Politics, and Economics identified that this pursuit of profit expansion manifests itself through the deuniversalization of health: in the financing of the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde – SUS) - and through Sílvio Almeida's thesis, it was also possible to highlight the incidence and neglect of the capitalist state towards individuals considered non-profitable for capital.