Anthem BCBS reverses decision to put a time limit on anesthesia

It’s hard for me to think of a more disingenuous statement than this:

“To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services,” the statement said. “The proposed update to the policy was only designed to clarify the appropriateness of anesthesia consistent with well-established clinical guidelines.”

They forgot to mention this part: “We, not doctors, define what are ‘well-established clinical guidelines’”