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Trump administration's AI-driven Medicare claim denials draw criticism
Original: Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
The Trump administration is being accused of running what critics call a disastrous experiment by letting AI systems help decide medical care claims for seniors. Reporting highlights that vendors deploying the technology have, in the words of one critic, an incentive to deny as many claims as possible, raising concerns that older Americans are being wrongly refused coverage and care.
Why now: Fears that AI is being used to automate denial of healthcare for seniors have sparked outrage.
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Evidence
- Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment · Ars Technica
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."