Saud Anwar

State Senator

Saud Anwar

Deputy President Pro Tempore

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December 5, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe O’Leary | Joe.OLeary@cga.ct.gov | 508-479-4969

December 5, 2024

SENATOR ANWAR ISSUED UPDATED STATEMENT AFTER ANTHEM ANNOUNCES ANESTHESIA CAPS WILL NOT APPLY IN CONNECTICUT

Today, State Senator Saud Anwar (D-South Windsor), Senate Chair of the Public Health Committee, issued an updated statement in response to an announcement that Anthem health insurance plans in Connecticut will continue to cover anesthesia for patients statewide, reverting a change that would have placed a time limit on duration of anesthesia covered during procedures:

“It’s relieving and reassuring that Anthem will no longer impose this policy in Connecticut. I would encourage them to go further and cancel its implementation in the other states they plan to use it in. Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows Anthem cancels as many as one in five in-network claims. If this policy goes into place, I expect that rate may increase.”

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