Questão jurídica principal
Whether bariatric surgery performed in September 2007 had to be covered by mandatory health insurance despite the insured being over 60.
Decisão extraída
No mandatory coverage was due because the applicable OPAS rule limited coverage to patients not older than 60, and that limit was medically and legally justified.
Fundamentação extraída
The age limit was based on expert medical consensus showing increased operative risk after 60 and diminishing obesity-related excess mortality. It objectively concretized the statutory criteria of effectiveness, appropriateness, and economic efficiency.