Anthem halts plan to put time limit on coverage for anesthesia.
Good.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/health/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-claim-limits?cid=ios_app
Good.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/health/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-claim-limits?cid=ios_app
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One time and it's already delivering benefits.
"As a result, we have decided to not proceed with this policy change," an Anthem spokesperson wrote in an email. "To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services. “
I'm sure they reviewed the policy and found it wasn't conducive to a healthy relationship with their customer base
That's usually the motivation for their policies. Couldn't have been anything else, right?...
turn the anesthesia back on
We live in hell.
Anthem tried to pull a fast one and got slapped down.
We'll all have to be at peak of alertness for the next four years.
https://www.vox.com/policy/390031/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-limits-insurance
Almost like for-profit health care is chained to massive insurance company profit, or Kaiser buying more real estate.
Public pressure still works
Would they have given people the option of waking up *during* surgery?
Let’s watch and see what they do next.
Cracked me up.
continue your operation next week, when we get an authorization for more time. I woke up once during a procedure, and it was SO not a party.
We tried to do it the “right” way, and limp-wristed Dems phoned it in again. They should have had Lena Khan on a nationwide press tour but buried the achievements most normal people would actually experience.
So this is really no relief.
Who thought of it.
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