KevinMD January 2, 2025
The box office hit Wicked is a modern retelling of the classic Wizard of Oz, where the Wizard labels Elphaba as “wicked” in his pursuit of control and greed. Much like the Wizard, who manipulates society by changing Elphaba’s name and orchestrating a movement to bring about her downfall, today’s health care insurance industry uses similar tactics to portray physicians—particularly anesthesiologists—as the villains. A recent article from Vox echoes this modern-day Wicked, misrepresenting anesthesiologists as “greedy” when, in reality, they are simply trying to care for and protect vulnerable patients.
This story begins with a recent policy change by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS). In Connecticut, New York, and Missouri, Anthem BCBS unilaterally decided that insurance companies, rather than...
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