Anthem BCBS says it will no longer pay for the "complete duration of anesthesia" during surgeries 😵
Excuse me while I go double-check and see what my own insurance covers:
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Starting with the Blues in 3 states...it will then spread like a cancer to BCBS organizations nationwide as they are a incestuous group. They are not the gentle non-profit organizations some of us and our parents grew up with. Totally about the $$ and reaching revenue and cost control benchmarks and targets...whatever it takes. This is a fight between providers milking the billing /maximizing revenue and the carriers pushing back with a line in the sand. The premium paying insured caught in the middle and paying the price.Anthem BCBS says it will no longer pay for the "complete duration of anesthesia" during surgeries 😵
Excuse me while I go double-check and see what my own insurance covers:notthebee.com
rod shoved up my ass
And a rag with Ether or ChoroformThey used a bottle of whiskey in the old days. We will be fine.
Nah...any follow up care would be denied for lack of "Medical Necessity" or IF covered would be your responsibility subject to your $10,000 deductible and $30,000 out of pocket limit....I’ll never forget that during my first colonoscopy, I woke up in the middle of the procedure. I could feel that rod being shoved up my ass, and I yelled, “Stop! Stop!” The anesthesiologist just gave me another shot of happy juice.
Under these new guidelines, I would not get that extra anesthesia. Instead, I would be forever scarred by post traumatic butt rape syndrome (PTBRS) and would require psychiatric care and prescription drugs, which would then be covered by insurance. All because my happy juice ran out.
I woke during Hemorrhoid procedure.I’ll never forget that during my first colonoscopy, I woke up in the middle of the procedure. I could feel that rod being shoved up my ass, and I yelled, “Stop! Stop!” The anesthesiologist just gave me another shot of happy juice.
Under these new guidelines, I would not get that extra anesthesia. Instead, I would be forever scarred by post traumatic butt rape syndrome (PTBRS) and would require psychiatric care and prescription drugs, which would then be covered by insurance. All because my happy juice ran out.
This is just one problem with private insurance. I don't have that problem as I am on real Medicare. Friends with Medicare Advantage (private insurance companies) tell of nightmare fights.Anthem BCBS says it will no longer pay for the "complete duration of anesthesia" during surgeries 😵
Excuse me while I go double-check and see what my own insurance covers:notthebee.com
Can you share more about that? My wife went on Medicare last year. We selected Medicare Advantage Plus with United Healthcare through her former employer AT&T. We have not had any issues.This is just one problem with private insurance. I don't have that problem as I am on real Medicare. Friends with Medicare Advantage (private insurance companies) tell of nightmare fights.