Políticas públicas de saúde e a tensão entre os poderes: fortalecimento da via administrativa para harmonização dos conflitos

Abstract

From the new constitutional order the enforcement of fundamental rights foisted the state the obligation to promote public health as a right inherent in every human being. The right to health under Article 196 of the Constitution of 1988, provision of full and immediate effect, is a subjective public right which guarantees citizens the right to require, among others, benefits the state in promoting health, not only inprevention and treatment of diseases, but also ensuring minimum conditions to ensure a dignified existence. The supply of medicines is part of the existential minimum of the individual who needs it to survive and not have sufficient funds to acquire it. For both the State maintains a national policy for pharmaceutical care to finance, acquire and distribute medicines, also used to treat complex diseases, rare and chronic (exceptional drugs). However, the supply of these items is restricted to those related to the lists of clinical protocols and treatment guidelines officers are issued by the State itself, which gives scope for judicial action, when the drugs are not included in this list. Interference in the judiciary also occur when policies are not under the laws enforced by the Executive, which is still seen by some scholars as an interference of the judiciary in public policy in the health area, injuring the autonomy and independence of powers. The excessive interference of the judiciary is causing havoc on the public health system, being necessary to resize the judicial action, considering their decisions on the limits and possibilities of the state. In addition, necessary that the judicial decisions involving the supply of drugs have some parameters in order to avoid chaos in the system. It also shows the strengthening of administrative as a practical means to reduce the voltage of power and ensure the reduction of the number of demands.