Finally, Americans come together — over the dead body of a healthcare executive. What does that say about healthcare and the industry in America? Nothing good.
“We guard against unnecessary care.” Pretty much sums things up:
United CEO Andrew Witty gave an address to the company today (leaked to me), telling employees “we guard against…unnecessary care” and that “There are very few people in the history of the U. S. healthcare industry who had a bigger positive effect on American healthcare than Brian [Thompson].”
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) 2024-12-07T01:03:04.007Z
By the way, that statement seems to have been edited out of the original video today. I might have missed it.
Huh. Are they really too scared to give in to their greediest impulses? Stay tuned:
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield rolled back a policy change that would have capped payments for anesthesia for patients, and would have denied claims altogether if any given procedure exceeded …