The Lula government's fiscal adjustment package (PLP 299/2026) does not cut funding for health and education
Federal government / Bruno Moretti, Minister of Planning and Budget · claimed on Nov 14, 2026 · original source
Planning Minister Bruno Moretti defended, on 11/11/2026 at the Joint Budget Committee (CMO), an adjustment of about R$ 60 billion for 2027 (PLP 299/2026) and, in a video released by the government on 14/11, said there is "disinformation," that the bill guarantees rights, and that health will receive about R$ 20 billion more in 2027. The Senate approved the main text on 12/11 by 45 to 31; the highlighted amendments were left for 17/11, and the text then goes to the Chamber of Deputies. The opposition and part of the left say the package cuts health and education; the minister himself confirmed that one of the measures removes extraordinary oil revenues from the accounts used to calculate the minimum spending floors for those areas. An official estimate of the health floor with and without this exclusion, the final text approved by the Chamber, and the execution of the 2027 budget would settle the question.
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