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Anthem Blue Cross Plans Won't Cover Anesthesia for Entire Length of Surgeries That Exceed Time Limit (www.msn.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by ChaosCoati@midwest.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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

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[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

and for Connecticut providers

Anybody from Connecticut care to respond. Why is your state so special?

[-] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

From a more recent article where Anthem now says they won’t implement this policy:

Connecticut comptroller Sean Scanlon said the “concerning” policy wouldn’t affect the state after conversations with the insurance company. And New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in an emailed statement Thursday that her office had also successfully intervened.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t they have the closest thing to universal healthcare in the US?

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Bruh

[-] maniii@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Insurance pays out until outcome and not treatment. Meaning of they don't cure you, insurance will have to cover until you die.

And if they kill you while trying to cure you, every care provider in the chain pays 10-times the cost (total insurance paid by patient over all the years) based on liability to the family else insurance pays 20-times total insurance cost to family.

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