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AI systems are deciding who gets medical care
Original: AI is deciding whether or not people receive medical care
Insurers are increasingly using artificial intelligence algorithms to approve or deny coverage decisions for patients, including those on Medicare plans run by companies like UnitedHealth, Cigna and Humana. Vox's Good Medicine newsletter examines how these automated systems shape access to treatment, and the growing criticism that they override doctors' judgments and leave patients fighting denials.
Why now: Concerns are rising that insurance companies' AI tools are denying care at scale and overriding physicians.
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- AI is deciding whether or not people receive medical care · dabinat · 15
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