Wagner: Temer is a temporary solution that causes permanent damage.

Former minister Jaques Wagner (PT) criticized the statement made by interim Health Minister Ricardo Barros, who said this Friday (22) that the Mais Médicos program should be temporary; the PT member mocked the temporary nature of Michel Temer's government, of which Barros is a part; "In fact, the government he is part of is temporary. It is temporary, but it wants to produce permanent damage," he said; for Wagner, "every time the health plan minister gives an interview, the people lose a right"; "Right when he took over after the coup, Ricardo Barros defended the review of the size of the SUS (Unified Health System) on the grounds that the system was too costly. Now, the target of the minister's blindness and insensitivity was the Mais Médicos program," he reinforced.

July 22, 2016, 22:34 pmUpdated May 28, 2019, 08:56 AM

Former minister Jaques Wagner (PT) criticized the statement made by interim Health Minister Ricardo Barros, who said this Friday (22) that the Mais Médicos program should be temporary; the PT member mocked the temporary nature of Michel Temer's government, of which Barros is a part; "In fact, the government he is part of is temporary. It is temporary, but it wants to produce permanent damage," he said; for Wagner, "every time the health plan minister gives an interview, the people lose a right"; "Right when he took over after the coup, Ricardo Barros defended the review of the size of the SUS on the grounds that the system was too costly. Now, the target of the minister's blindness and insensitivity was the Mais Médicos program," he reinforced (Photo: Valter Lima)

247 - Former minister Jaques Wagner (PT) criticized the statement made by interim Health Minister Ricardo Barros, who said this Friday (22) that the Mais Médicos program is temporary. He mocked the temporary nature of the government of which Barros is a part.

"In reality, the government he's part of is the temporary one. It's temporary, but it wants to cause permanent damage," he said.

According to Wagner, "every time the health plan minister gives an interview, the people lose a right."

"Right after taking office following the coup, Ricardo Barros defended reviewing the size of the SUS (Unified Health System) arguing that the system was too costly. Now, the target of the minister's blindness and insensitivity has been the Mais Médicos (More Doctors) program. Approved by the population and the doctors who participate in it, Mais Médicos guarantees access to basic healthcare for 63 million Brazilians," he added.

He further stated that "for Barros, however, the program should be temporary" because it is not the federal government's responsibility to take care of basic healthcare.