• Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Why does the US tolerate this unnecessary profit extraction layer between healthcare providers and patients. These people are evil leeches.

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      21 days ago

      Who do you think pays the campaign bills? It’s not the people who would benefit from removing the middleman, that’s for sure…

  • aramis87@fedia.io
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    21 days ago

    Copying my comment from another thread:

    Okay, no. Anthem were looking to implement this in Connecticut, New York and Missouri, with Colorado and other states being brought into this policy later on.

    Anthem has only backed off this policy in Connecticut. The other states are still currently on the table.

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    21 days ago

    “To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services. The proposed update to the policy was only designed to clarify the appropriateness of anesthesia consistent with well-established clinical guidelines.”

    They want to redefine what’s considered medically necessary.

    Insurance is a misnomer. This is extortion.

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    One assassin did more to slow the downwards spiral than our government has done in 100 years. Crazy.

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    21 days ago

    One state senator in Connecticut says they told him it won’t happen in his state.

    Why do we believe these people at all anymore?