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New House bill would ban insurers from limiting anesthesia coverage

A new House bill would prohibit health insurance companies from imposing arbitrary time limits on patients undergoing anesthesia. This comes days after Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield rescinded the measure after an outcry. “We cannot trust insurance companies to do the right thing out of the kindness of doctors and patients,” the bill's sponsor, Rep. […]

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Reverses Anesthesia Policy After Swift Backlash

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield on Thursday reversed a policy change denying patients' claims for anesthesia treatment after growing public opposition, according to multiple reports. The proposed policy change would suspend anesthesia reimbursement for patients in New York, Connecticut and Missouri if the procedure is performed beyond the allotted deadline. The company retracted its initial […]

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield halts anesthesia payment policy after backlash – NBC News

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield announced Thursday that it will not move forward with policy changes that would limit reimbursement for anesthesia costs for surgeries and medical procedures. The new insurance would reimburse doctors based on deadlines set by the insurance company. Anthem BCBS, one of the largest health insurance companies in the United States, […]

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to impose limits on surgical anesthesia

One of America's largest health insurance companies will begin placing limits on the amount of time a patient will be covered for anesthesia while under the knife. This is a shocking move, which doctors call “unprecedented.” Starting in February, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, which represents policyholders in New York, Connecticut and Missouri, said patients […]

MO inmate could get ‘surgery without anesthesia’ if no vein found: attorneys

Lawyers for Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey have several appeals pending in a last-ditch effort to avoid the death penalty. Dorsey’s lawyers have cited the state’s execution protocol, which allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if a suitable vein for lethal injection cannot be found. Dorsey, 52, was convicted of double murder in the 2006 […]

Netanyahu to undergo hernia surgery under full anesthesia

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