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.

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.

  • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
    33·
    5 months ago

    This news is from November 14th. OP trying to make recent events into a new trend perhaps?

    I don’t know whether to be appalled or impressed. Either way it’s quite clever.

    • ImADifferentBirdEnglish
      23·
      5 months ago

      I doubt it’s anything so deliberate. This story has been going viral on Bluesky as well.

      It seems it slipped through the cracks at the time, but recent events have led people to reexamine it.