A Republican state lawmaker from Morton is sponsoring a bill making it illegal for insurance companies to place a time limit on anesthesia payment coverage.
Rep. Bill Hauter, who represents a heavily rural area between Bloomington-Normal, Peoria, Decatur and Springfield, said the bill was a response to Blue Cross attempting to place a time limit on anesthesia in New York, Missouri and Connecticut. That decision was upended by public outcry, but in Missouri, the time limit will go into effect in February.
Hauter is a licensed physician and the only physician in the Illinois General Assembly. He said the decision to place a time limit for anesthesia was dangerous.
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