At least for a few months, if we fail to turn the moment into a movement and they do it anyway.

But for today, fewer patients will be billed life ruining sums after supposedly approved life saving surgery they were entitled to. Nothing can take that away from him. He made a difference.

  • twinnie@feddit.uk
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    17 days ago

    Wasn’t there any article a few days ago explaining that it was the anaesthesiologist who would be taking the bill and it was all an effort to stop medical professionals overcharging?

    • Allonzee@lemmy.worldOP
      14·
      17 days ago

      The announcements for the three states said the company would begin denying “claims submitted with reported time above the established number of minutes” initially targeted for anesthesia services—though the policy would not apply for people under 22 or maternity-related care.

      https://archive.ph/CPro4 Forbes mirror

      Surgeons and anesthesiologists doing the surgery need to be the only voices estimating how long surgeries need to be, and should not be punished, nor their suffering patients, for their expert opinions on how long it will take to do it right.

      Different patients of different/ages/states/complications will take differing amounts of time for the same procedure, not to mention unforseeable complications during said surgeries.