TLDR: The insurance company has a new policy, set to take effect in February 2025, where they decide how much anesthesia is needed for surgeries. They won’t pay for any anesthesia over that, with exemptions for maternity and pediatric cases and for Connecticut providers.
The article also notes the insurance company reported a $2.3 billion net income increase in June 2024.
Edit to update: Anthem now says they won’t put this policy into effect
Biden could pardon the assassin…
Someone should start a petition
Was thinking about it. Even if it’s not taken seriously and even if it never gets Joe Biden signature, this would be a real good way to send a message to the nation. Just how many people the absolute number of people who are angry to the point of letting people kill CEO’s Because of injustice and inequality.
He would have to be known. I would rather the guy stay anon so his life isn’t ruined. He can live the rest of his life without the fear of corpo vengeance. Also he probably would never be able to be insured again lol. Either that or he’s terminal and his care was denied so he had nothing to lose.
Pardons don’t have to be specific, they’ve been used to pardon whole groups of people before (although it’s properly called an amnesty, in that case) https://www.justsecurity.org/73851/the-constitutionality-of-non-specific-pardons/
John Kramer, is that you?
Doubtful. It’s probably a state crime.
Symbolic, doesn’t matter really.
It’s about sending a message
Oh I agree
How would Biden pardon him? Is there a federal crime here?
And include future CEO-targeting crimes.
So it’s time to murder another ceo?
Self defense is not murder
Rejecting torture.
Sorry, I misspoke
The patient has a right to defend themselves and should get access to 2000 pound bombs.
Is this a reference to something?
Yes
What is it?
The IDF likes to defend themselves with 2000 pound bombs.
Oh
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Koziara_Boudreaux
She also worked for UnitedHealth as an executive, just saying
She was their CEO for a while.
One can hope
That’s a nice CEO you got there. Be a shame if something happened to them.
Or would it
Well I certainly hope we don’t need to see someone step in to explain to the company how wrong this is.
“One of the reasons that she has remained so active in this particular field is because she has seen what it does to people when they can’t get insurance to cover the healthcare they need."
Sadists.
“One of the reasons that she has remained so active in this particular field is because she has seen what it does to people when they can’t get
insurance to coverthe healthcare they need."FTFY. It makes the people desperate enough to buy her product.
"One of the reasons that she has remained so active in this particular field is because she has seen what it does to people when they can’t get insurance to cover the healthcare they need,” Money Inc. wrote.
Money Inc
“In 2023, she made $21.9 million.” (Wikipedia)
So they can hurt millions of people all just a little bit more but somehow they are the good guys worth protecting?
Yeah, we’d be right to start carving names into bullets too. And yet people in charge can’t figure out why protecting these people and their money means the mass populace hates them.
I’d say any surgery without anesthesia is hurting more than a little bit. What are we, Gaza?
They aren’t saying you won’t get anesthesia. That would be wrong.
You just have to pay the bill when you wake up.
You’re assuming doctors will make their decisions based on the legitimate medical needs of their patients.
But hospital policies are often chosen for other reasons, such as ensuring all bills get paid in full, and no lawsuits are filed by anyone who has enough lawyers to win.
Those policies can put a doctor’s employment and/or license in jeopardy.
Doctors are already choosing to let women die rather than get in trouble for doing medically necessary abortions.
Will they cut anesthesia short and hope they can finish sewing in time? Unlikely, but not nonzero.
The fact that there aren’t riots in the US demanding universal care simply baffles me.
Who needs roots when killing CEOs is more effective?
Is it effective though? I mean, it’s fun, but I don’t see it actually improving the situation.
It’s not a one time solution, it’s a lifestyle change. You have to keep doing it.
Well, this decision just got reversed, so I’d say it does at least a bit
Of course, because in the USA, insurance companies think they understand medicine better than doctors.
And so do Politicians and Parents…
Deny, Defend, Depose
Sure would be a shame if another targeted assassination was carried out… I might even cry a little (don’t look too closely, I’m not laughing, I’m crying).
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said in a statement that its decision to backpedal resulted from “significant widespread misinformation” about the policy.
Ah, yes, if people complain about being mistreated, it is always “Our plan was misunderstood”, or “The critique is based on misinformation”…
That’s right. Rush the surgeons. That will end well.
How did they figure out the amount because the different people have different tolerances. My brother had a surgery that had not started and they were like. Your still awake. When meeting with the anethsiaologist before surgery he has to mention he may need a bit more than normal plus I believe there is a weight thing. Is the amount allowed assuming a worst case longest surgery with person who requires the most anesthia to six sigma of the population.
Exactly, like how redheads need more anesthesia
Real answer? Who knows
Cynical answer? However low their lawyers told them they could get away with without being liable
I remember some jokes around it being about cell receptiveness. Like their receptors don’t react to taking pigment the same way they don’t react to the anesthesia as well. If so, it would likely be a genetic trait, so the more natural red heads that have extremely low pigment may require more anesthesia to keep them under. But I’m no doctor, and most of those jokes had to do with their soul not being around to pick up the call 🤷.
This is fucking insane
