Aetna Wanted to Be a Pain in Your Ass

It seems that enough of a public uproar can cause even Aetna to back off from engaging in sadism. From the Wall Street Journal’s “Health Blog”:

Aetna’s backing off from its plan to refuse payment for an expensive form of anesthesia used during colonoscopies — at least for the moment.[...]

The things a corporation will do in the interest of making a buck, eh?

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