Anthem pulled back that announcement about not covering all anesthesia real fucking quick when they saw the reaction to the news.
193 0 ReplyI didn’t realize they actually backpedaled instead of just trying to brush it under the rug: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-time-limits-anesthesia-surgery-rcna183035
137 0 ReplyAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
*breathe*
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA
I think they actually feel a little unsafe. Holy shit YES
(It actually probably wasn't due to this. They only retracted the policy in one state)
118 0 ReplyTo 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.
yeah. sure, Bob.
To be clear, we can smell your bullshit 100 miles away.
35 0 ReplyWow, can't believe they reversed course immediately. Their CEO just have been shitting bricks.
32 0 ReplyUnfortunately, I don't think that is quite nearly enough.
I have the feeling insurers may want to review their existence as middlemen at all.
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They’ll just wait for a better news cycle.
21 0 Replybut CT only?
8 0 ReplySounds like they’re finally aware that people besides their customers can die in agony
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The American side of the internet has been absolutely savage today...and I fucking love it.
157 0 ReplySomeone is pearl clutching at me on Bluesky for saying how delighted I am, and saying how this guy has a family. Well so so the people he denies health care to, especially this kid.
175 1 Reply"Have a heart, you mongrels! Are we condoning murder now?"
Murder is for people. Extermination is for pests.
79 0 ReplyIt's worse, they fucking approved the chemotherapy, but not the anti nausea drugs for it. Absolute monsters, "oh we'll save your life kiddo, but we're going to make you suffer for it".
32 0 ReplyScrew his family. They're enablers and collaborators.
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If Kamala shot a health insurance ceo she’d’ve won every state. Economic populism is wildly popular here
54 1 ReplyInstead she couldn't even commit to keeping Lina Khan on the job. That tea was weak.
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if CEOs didn't want to be executed they shouldn't run their businesses so provocatively.
just sayin.
132 0 ReplyYeah, he should have thought about how he was dressed (in the blood of the insured) in that part of town.
24 0 ReplyThis guy gets it
12 0 ReplyIf it was a real oligarchy, the body has ways to shut it down.
10 0 ReplyCEO's getting shot is just a fact of life now. Much like our public shootings.
9 0 Replyonly way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a CEO with a gun!
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The public pays for coverage and expects to be covered. If the insurers think the cost is too high then they should just increase premiums instead of denying coverage under existing contracts. Simple like that.
7 0 ReplyOr, get rid of insurers completely and move to a single payer system without parasitic middlemen.
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67 0 Reply59 0 ReplyMore like "Frugally and correctly spent"
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If Harris had promised to publicly execute every insurance CEO she'd have won.
54 1 ReplyI could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot a CEO, okay, and I wouldn't lose a single voter.
- Alternate universe Kamala Harris who wins in a landslide.
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Aren't we supposed to celebrate when an evil person is brought to justice?
38 0 ReplyTbh that is why we should make memes that casually mention this very tragic incident whenever health insurance companies suggest any policy that sucks more money out of ordinary people, nurses and doctors' pockets.
36 0 Reply🎶 He had it comin’ 🎶
34 0 ReplyHe only had himself to blame.
And I would definitely have done the same.
17 0 Reply"We all have it comin', kid."
--William Munny
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I'm not a psychopath but when I heard the BBC's coverage of it... I couldn't feel bad for the guy, if what they reported is true
23 0 ReplyDon't feel bad at all.
68 0 ReplyI love this doctor
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Is anyone doing merch for this yet?
21 0 ReplyI'm working on it
15 0 ReplyDeny, Defend, Depose, Die
I would love wearing a shirt like that
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God I hope so.
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Wait they're talking about lead in gasoline? I don't mainstream news much
14 0 ReplyIt used hence why boomers are so braindead and lack any common sense on how to run a functioning society.
32 0 ReplyDon't forget the old lead water pipes. Because we didn't learn anything from the fall of the Roman Empire.
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I sensing a consensus from today's CEO away.
9 0 ReplyWhat SM is that? Dun think I bin done did seened it befowa.
2 1 Replyhttps://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/youre-fucked-acquittal-officer-brailsford-and
The two words were written on the dust cover of the AR-15 rifle Braisford used to kill Shaver: “You’re fucked.”
same energy; other side of the short sharp stick
1 5 ReplyThe difference being that one was a filthy dirty cop doing filthy dirty cop shit, and the Adjuster who is a folk hero who deserves sainthood. Both sides my ass.
5 0 ReplyPractice critical thinking and try again. You'll get why it's not the same eventually. I believe in you!
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