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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.

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[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 280 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Man, the timing on this announcement is breathtaking.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It isn't - it was announced 11/14. As someone who follows healthcare news I really hope to fucking god more people start following it more closely.

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but when and where is the shareholder meeting

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, those are going to be zoom calls.

I wonder if there will ever be a participant-run health insurance company.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

participant-run health insurance company

How would you envision that working? Like participants get to write their own coverage plans and decide their premiums/fees?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Health insurance was originally participant run - the old form of insurance is just a bunch of folks putting a chunk of money in a pot every so often in case they need it in an emergency. There are still health collectives like that in operation... though most of them are shitty religious people trying to dodge the ACA requirements.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

I bet after this a new book was opened up on the large health care insurance orgs in Vegas.

I probably can't buy in, but certainly would be entertaining.