8mo ago

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield wants to put time limits on anesthesia for surgeries

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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield halts anesthesia payment policy after backlash

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8mo ago

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield wants to put time limits on anesthesia for surgeries

www.nbcnews.com /health/health-care/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-time-limits-anesthesia-surgery-rcna183035

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8mo ago

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield wants to put time limits on anesthesia for surgeries

www.nbcnews.com /health/health-care/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-time-limits-anesthesia-surgery-rcna183035

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Bold move when vigilantes want to put limits on CEOs lifespans
- This was actually announced a month ago. They just announced a couple hours ago that they are reversing that decision...for some reason.
  
  Holy crap they are, oh man I'm not saying I necessarily believe it must be connected but the optics are hilarious either way.
I find it hilarious that most Americans have been brainwashed to think socialised healthcare is bad.
- They’ve been chiefly brainwashed to think taxes are evil.
  Anything that involves caring for others outside of your immediate family requires taxes. That’s socialism. And that includes healthcare.
  “Why should I pay to help some poor person’s kid with childhood leukemia when I can hardly afford to put gas in my jacked up F-250? Do you know how much chrome exhaust tips cost? They should just get a better job so they can take care of their kids. It’s their fault they’re poor. Maybe they should have made their kid wear a mask or something. “
  
  Silver medal. Should be-
  ... Maybe they shouldn't have made their kid wear that mask.
  Fucking gold.
- Just a few from mostly recent years, varying sources. Of course some can be found saying otherwise, but I feel like a meta review would reveal it's likely at least 50%+ most of the time.
  Sixty-two percent respond with universal coverage.
  A 57% majority of U.S. adults believe that the federal government should ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage.
  63% of U.S. adults say the government has the responsibility to provide health care coverage for all
  The vast majority of Americans, 70 percent, now support Medicare-for-all
  
  Yeah it seems like how you phrase it. Everyone hates health insurance. Most people don't even like doctors. But we are a severely mis- and under-educated people.
  So you'll have people saying things like:
  I hated Obamacare but my new ACA plan is pretty good.
  Keep your government hands off my Medicare!
  What is the best way to sell universal healthcare to the American people who really need it and actually want it although they may think they don't? I like Bernie's approach of calling it Medicare for all, but if Medicare gets gutted they might not sound so good. How should we talk about it?
- Most of my family are diehard MAGA and I've tried to explain to them that the bigger the pool of paying customers the cheaper the insurance rates, and if you made the pool everyone in the entire country and took profit out of the equation they would pay far less for health insurance.
  Most of the time they're response is that they don't care that it would be cheaper, they just don't want their taxes paying for someone else's healthcare.
  They seem to miss the point that their insurance premium is also paying for someone else's healthcare but in the end it just boils down to selfishness and bigotry.
  Boomers try to say that Millennials and Gen Z are selfish compared to them, but the boomers invited "fuck you, got mine".
Isn't an insurance company supposed to be able to cope with things like this? Some surgeries go overly long and you have to pay more for anesthesia. Luckily, not all surgeries do, and for these outliers you have a handy big pool of money people have been paying into. You could use some of that.
- But that's potentially OUR money!!!
  -Insurance Providers
Oooh times up! Insert token to play!
- I used to joke with my surgeons that I'm running out of quarters to put in the anesthesia machine. Pretty soon it's not going to be a joke.
What's the problem? The surgeon I assume knows the timeline (which the insurance company came up with via decades of expertise), they just need to work faster.
F-ing ~s in case it's needed....
I have no sympathy for any insurance company trying to save money in any way at all.
Isn't some insurer being sued right now for practicing medicine without a license?
That was quick!
Anthem Blue Cross says it's reversing a policy to limit anesthesia coverage
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-anesthesia-coverage-policy/
- Keep it coming little bitches or you're next!
  This is America.

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