Despite challenges to pricing, they will benefit from an ambitious reform of the health system to restore universal coverage.

If he gets real universal coverage, he will be an icon on the left and thereby get more breathing space to tilt to the right.

Of the three primary goals of any health system — universal coverage, quality care and affordability — many assert that only two can be achieved.

One option may be to introduce new accessibility conditions in the contracts of telecommunications providers to guarantee universal coverage of the systems that urban dwellers take for granted.

In the final stages, rural access would have increased to 87% by 2020 and universal coverage would be reached by 2025.