CHICAGO – In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or procedure goes beyond an arbitrary time limit, regardless of how long the surgical procedure takes. The American Society of Anesthesiologists calls on Anthem to reverse this proposal immediately.
Anthem CEO better watch out
Maybe it is the beginning of eat the rich. I mean something has to be done about it and the governments are not doing shit.
Does Anthem Blue Cross, have a CEO?
American healthcare system continues to get worse.
Will CEOs get away with it?
Well, one didn’t
History suggests yes, for the most part, with one notable recent exception.
I’d love to know what he said, if not for the fucking mods removing every other god damned comment on this shithole website. Already looking for a new alternative.
For what it’s worth I use Sync and I can read all the removed comments other than the self deleted.
Damn I was right with you on avoiding censorship intelligently until the last two words. It was pretty great.
Check the modlogs.
I shouldn’t have to do that. Or if they’re going to be available somewhere anyway they should simply provide the link to the log in the newly deleted comment.
Moderation shouldn’t be anonymous either, we make cops wear badges with identification.
That would defeat the point of removals.
It’s also not anonymous, it’s just that the default interface only shows “mod”.
How do you change the default interface to name the moderator?
Well, shit. I guess my point is that the only things worth removing are legitimate trolls and people completely off topic as opposed to “things the mods disagree with or don’t like”.
With today’s news it’s looking like “things the mods/admins are afraid will get them sued”. Which I hate but I kinda get because it’s not like running a Lemmy instance is profitable.
Here’s hoping they get the United Healthcare treatment.
A United Healthcare retirement.
So deny their preventable death?
What, you don’t read the news?
Just choosing to phrase it with an air of plausible deniability paired with a pun related to the industry.
California : The fuck outta here
Hell yeah I’m posting this hoping more eyes stop to read your comment if they see a reply. Cuz fuck what ins is doing
The law should get a provision that if an insurer does not have his shit in order, another insurer can provide the service and Bill the failed insurer at 150pct.
That sounds fun but how about making a law with what basic insurance should cover at a minimum instead?
I’ll go out on a limb here, the NHS isn’t perfect, but it seems a damn sight better than what you guys have.
What the actual fuck. I mean the amount of extra money they’ve made these people pay. They have probably caused people to lose their jobs.
What if I had Anthem and the doctor told me I’m good to go but the insurance hadn’t cleared me for release, and I left? They can’t keep me there against my will. Would they use this to justify denying coverage?
Anything and everything will be used to deny coverage.
In most of these cases it’s the delay in approval for some kind of continued care (nursing facility, home nurse visits etc.) which the patient needs that’s delaying the hospital discharge. I think if you’re good to walk out, you probably can. Even if the doctor hasn’t cleared it, there’s a form you can sign that basically says you’re taking your legal right to leave.
Yeah I’ve left against medical advice a couple times. I was just curious about the insurance ramifications. Thanks for the info.
Did they see a healthcare CEO dead on the street and thought “this is the right moment to fuck with people”?
Remember Brian Thompson.
Sometimes we need heroes.
What a great time to be alive and awake
Seems like they are encouraging Mal practices suits against doctors that rushed surgeries. Wonder if there a class action suit here or something.
The won’t cut the anesthesia, they will just send the patient a bill for thousands of dollars
Guess I need to hire a hypnotist. https://youtu.be/QMXbuEuNNk4?5BR_L-l-HzMIUJMF
It will cut the bill in half probably…
The guillotine…
The ballot or the bullet maybe
From 2010 on especially, through gerrymandered redistricting, capturing state houses, voter suppression, education cuts and the evergreen tyranny of the electoral college, they’ve poisoned the ballot - that’s no longer a viable tool. There’s only one care option left that’s covered on your insurance plan…
i truly loved living in the united states but damn it seems really easy to go broke simply by getting sick
That’s why I fucking left. Good health is more important - it’s literally the most important thing.
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Not for doctors lol
Yes for doctors. Because doctors are not the ones getting rich, the medical groups that employ them are the ones getting rich. Doctors have massive medical school debt and they have to deal with shitty insurance just like the rest of us.
My wife’s cousin is a doctor. He was able to afford to buy a small house- before the housing bubble- and drives a decent, but not luxury, car. Considering he literally saves lives, that’s the least he should be able to afford to do.
Who is the CEO?
Anthem Blue Cross appears to be a subsidiary of Elevance Health, whose CEO is Gail Koziara Boudreaux
She currently lives in Indianapolis, IN.
These are fun facts
That woman has killed MILLIONS of people! LEAVE HER ALONE! WE don’t want her to get the UnitedHealthCare treatment! We want her Spry and Healthy so she can CONTINUE Killing Americans!
Another fun fact, she was previously a VP at UnitedHealth!
Indianapolis has one of the highest rates of violent crime in the country.
That’s awful, I bet a lot of those stay unsolved.
I read it’s hard to identify the bicycles criminals use to escape 🚲😂
Asking for a friend
Is this friend at large?
He submitted a claim to be at large but was only approved for “at small”
It’s amazing his claim was approved at all.
Upon further review, our underwriters determined the claim was to have been declined per the contract document outlining your coverage. Please be patient as we send a corrected summary of benefits which will reflect your updated balance. Please remit payment immediately upon receipt.
Must have missed a step edit or forgotten to submit page 104/103 of the prior auth.
