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
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.