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1986 to 1990

Brazil wrote a new sentence.

Health is the right of all and the duty of the State.1988 Constitution, Article 196. See the source

The idea came out of the 8th National Health Conference, in 1986, and went into the Constitution two years later. The law that created the SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde, the Unified Health System) dates from September 19, 1990.

From then on, no one had to prove they had a job to get care.