# STF suspends SUS review lawsuits

> STF halts lawsuits over SUS table revision, risking R$243 billion in unpaid debts.
- Title: STF suspends SUS review lawsuits · Estadão | Shortify
- Summary: STF halts lawsuits over SUS table revision, risking R$243 billion in unpaid debts.
- Keywords: stf, sus, uniao, precatorios, revisao tabela sus, r243 bilhoes, brazil, Estadão
- Source: Estadão — https://estadao.com.br/brasil/stf-suspende-acoes-e-precatorios-sobre-revisao-da-tabela-sus-disputa-tem-impacto-de-r-243-bilhoes
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## STF suspends lawsuits
The Supreme Court halted all lawsuits filed by hospitals, affiliated entities, and municipalities seeking to revise Union payments for healthcare services.

> A paralisação alcança os processos em qualquer fase ou grau de jurisdição, inclusive as liquidações, os cumprimentos provisórios e definitivos de sentença e as ações rescisórias.
## Impact on public funds
The suspension covers precatórios and small claims, potentially affecting R$243 billion in pending legal disputes involving healthcare payments.
## Financial stakes
Over 7,700 lawsuits are pending, with annual filings rising from 171 in 2020 to 1,369 in 2024, risking R$18.65 billion in unpaid debts.
## Banco Master case
The Supreme Court cited evidence that a bank improperly acquired precatórios to inflate liquidity, including a R$2.28 billion case involving a hospital charity.

> Em um dos casos descritos pela agu, em que a execução alcança o valor de r2,28 bilhões, o liquidante do banco master aponta que crédito titularizado por um hospital filantrópico figura dentre os ativos retirados indevidamente da instituição por seu antigo controlador
## Risk of misallocation
The court warned that a significant portion of precatórios may be diverted to financial institutions rather than hospitals, with no proper compensation.
## Key takeaway

Brazil's Supreme Court suspended lawsuits challenging the Union's payment rates for healthcare services, potentially affecting R$243 billion in unpaid debts.