@pluralistic has great thoughts about the recent murder of #UnitedHealthCare #CEO #BrianThompson and how they relate to a story he wrote a while ago:

pluralistic.net/2024/12/09/rad…

However, #Anthem's retreat from changing how anaesthesia is billed, was one a rare "Enemy of my enemy" moment.

In this piece:
vox.com/policy/390031/anthem-b…

@Vox explains how "[the] policy would not have increased costs for their enrollees...it would have reduced payments for some of the most overpaid physicians in America."

A big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield tried to impose claim limits on anesthesia. Following the killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, a populist uproar forced Anthem to reverse that policy.

^{Eric Levitz (Vox)}