• HobbitFoot
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    1952 months ago

    Anthem pulled back that announcement about not covering all anesthesia real fucking quick when they saw the reaction to the news.

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        2 months ago

        AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

        *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)

        • @[email protected]
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          632 months ago

          Is this how we actually make social progress? Because if this is the only effective tool we have left…

          • @[email protected]
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            392 months ago

            When peaceful options such as strikes, protests, and lobbying do not work. Once, people hit the tipping point of “I have reasons not to die to fuck it, I have nothing left.” People will choose violence.

            • @Benjaben
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              162 months ago

              Add legislation, regulation, and prosecution to the list of failed peaceful attempts as well. The citizens have tried, and tried, and tried peaceful approaches. Almost nothing works anymore, because the rich have dismantled the US.

              • @Bytemeister
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                Soap box

                Ballot box

                Ammo Box < Healthcare Insurance CEOs made it to here by ignoring the other two.

          • @[email protected]
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            282 months ago

            It was bound to get to this point eventually. Who was it who said something about what happens when all avenues for change are removed except for the point of a blade?

            • @halcyoncmdr
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              192 months ago

              Many have said similar things through the years, perhaps most appropriately from a US President only 60 years ago. On March 13, 1962 by John F. Kennedy, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”.

          • @[email protected]
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            152 months ago

            They’ve forgotten that all of the tools they’ve rendered inert were there to prevent us from doing this.

        • Red Army Dog Cooper
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          32 months ago

          Look once is a fluke or vendita, but if this becomes a pattern…

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        • @leadore
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          Anthem PR guy: To be clear, of course we’ll never deny payment for medically necessary anesthesia services!

          Anthem CEO: hehehe see what we did there? That’s right, our policy is that after an arbitrary amount of time set by us, anesthesia is no longer medically necessary. Ha! Hahaha! Muaaaaah ha ha! high fives shareholders

      • @[email protected]
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        322 months ago

        Wow, can’t believe they reversed course immediately. Their CEO just have been shitting bricks.

        • @Passerby6497
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          202 months ago

          Maybe these shit bags are finally learning that their customers are humans, and humans can be just as bad as a cornered animal when the right situations occur.

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            132 months ago

      • peopleproblems
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        132 months ago

        Unfortunately, I don’t think that is quite nearly enough.

        I have the feeling insurers may want to review their existence as middlemen at all.

    • @athairmor
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      212 months ago

      They’ll just wait for a better news cycle.

    • @captainlezbian
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      52 months ago

      Sounds like they’re finally aware that people besides their customers can die in agony