🔍 Parliamentary Amendments and Mayoral Reelection in 2024
This article analyzes how parliamentary amendments allocated to the SUS (Brazilian Unified Health System) impacted the 2024 municipal elections. 2,818 municipalities were analyzed, and the results indicate a positive association between the per capita volume of these amendments and the chance of mayoral reelection.
Municipalities with up to 20,000 inhabitants received, proportionally, the largest amounts, and re-elected mayors, on average, secured more resources. In a scenario of fiscal constraint, the amendments may reinforce the image of managers as good fundraisers—but they raise concerns about equity and the coordination of federal health funding.