Access to Healthcare
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Panama on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
81 exceptions recorded across 33 countries · none match Panama to Brazil · Access to healthcare
The Brazilian public health system is open on the basis of being a person in Brazil, not on the basis of a permit, a contribution record or a waiting period. The Constitution makes health a right of everyone and a duty of the state, the health law repeats it as universal and equal access, and the migration law removes the last doubt by guaranteeing migrants access to public health services without discrimination on grounds of nationality or migratory status. That last phrase is the operative one: it covers people whose papers are not in order. Brazil is the outlier in the region on this - Uruguay, Chile and Peru all key public cover to residence or to contributions.
At a glance
- Basis of access
- Universal and equal, as a right of everyone
- Residence permit required
- No
- Contributions required
- No
- Qualifying period
- None
Article 196 of the Constitution and articles 2 and 7 of Lei 8.080, all quoted here, state the right as one of everyone and the access as universal at every level. Neither text attaches a period of presence to it.
- Irregular migratory status
- Not a bar
The migration law forbids discrimination on grounds of migratory status in access to public health services
Requirements
- Presence in Brazil. There is no residence requirement, no contribution requirement and no qualifying period in the instruments read
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Panama
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«A saúde é direito de todos e dever do
Estado, garantido mediante políticas sociais e econômicas que visem à
redução do risco de doença e de outros agravos e ao acesso universal e
igualitário às ações e serviços para sua promoção, proteção e recuperação.»Our translation - not official
Health is a right of everyone and a duty of the State, guaranteed by social and economic policies aimed at reducing the risk of illness and other harms and at universal and equal access to actions and services for its promotion, protection and recovery.
Direito de todos - a right of everyone, not of every citizen and not of every resident.
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«A saúde é um direito fundamental do ser humano, devendo o Estado prover as
condições indispensáveis ao seu pleno exercício.»Our translation - not official
Health is a fundamental right of the human being, and the State must provide the conditions indispensable to its full exercise.
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«universalidade de acesso aos serviços de saúde em todos os níveis de assistência;»Our translation - not official
universality of access to health services at every level of care;
Every level, so this is not limited to emergency treatment.
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«igualdade da assistência à saúde, sem preconceitos ou privilégios de qualquer
espécie;»Our translation - not official
equality of health care, without prejudice or privilege of any kind;
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«acesso a serviços públicos de saúde e de assistência social e à previdência social, nos termos da lei, sem discriminação em razão da nacionalidade e da condição migratória;»Our translation - not official
access to public health and social assistance services and to social security, under the terms of the law, without discrimination on grounds of nationality or migratory status;
Condição migratória is the phrase that matters. Irregular status is not a ground for refusal.
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Practical notes
In practice a patient is registered with a national health number, and the registration asks for identification and an address. We did not find a primary instrument stating what documents a foreigner must produce for that registration, so this page states the right of access and not the counter-level procedure.
Nothing here says the public system is quick or well resourced. It says that a foreigner is entitled to it on the same terms as a Brazilian, which is the question this page answers.
Private health insurance is a separate market, regulated separately, and is not covered by the instruments read for this page.
- consolidatesConstituição da República Federativa do Brasil de 1988
Presidência da República - Portal da Legislação (Planalto)
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- consolidatesLei nº 8.080, de 19 de setembro de 1990
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- consolidatesLei nº 13.445, de 24 de maio de 2017 - Lei de Migração
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