Medicare for All

Critics say the Trump administration is letting AI tools decide Medicare claims for seniors, calling it a disastrous experiment in automated healthcare denials. Reporting points out that vendors rolling out AI systems have an incentive to deny as many claims as possible, raising concerns that older patients are being wrongly refused care at scale.

A group of senators is demanding that OpenAI's chief appear before an official inquiry following a reported breach involving Medicare data. The lawmakers want the company's leadership to answer questions about how sensitive health information was exposed and what safeguards were lacking. The summons escalates scrutiny of OpenAI's data handling practices and could set a precedent for how governments hold AI firms accountable over security failures affecting citizens' personal records.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed that OpenAI was involved in a breach of Medicare, according to reporting by the Sydney Morning Herald. The disclosure raises questions about how the US artificial intelligence company accessed government health data and what the breach means for the security of Australians' medical records. Details about the scale of the breach and any response remain limited.

Insurers are using artificial intelligence algorithms to help determine whether patients receive coverage for medical care, according to a Vox report covering UnitedHealth, Medicare, Cigna and Humana. The practice is drawing criticism from patients and clinicians who say automated denials can wrongly block necessary treatment and are difficult to appeal.