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The Healthcare System That Goes Beyond Insurance Cards

Brazil offers universal public healthcare, revealing a collective choice that reaches far beyond hospital walls

Published on November 8, 2026


The Healthcare System That Goes Beyond Insurance Cards
Paulo Pinto/Agência Brasil

There is something curious about Brazil: a person can have an expensive private health insurance plan, visit private hospitals, and still depend on a public healthcare system without necessarily realizing how much they use it. Its name is SUS.

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