Medicare Advantage plans are using AI to determine which seniors get healthcare

STAT – UnitedHealth pushed employees to follow an algorithm to cut off Medicare patients’ rehab care Casey Ross Bob Herman By Casey Ross  and Bob Herman  Nov. 14, 2023

HEALTH CARE un-covered Upgrade to paid Reports and lawsuits allege UnitedHealth uses AI algorithms to cut off care for the elderly and disabled WENDELL POTTER NOV 15, 2023

I was about to send out our annual AARP membership check but instead I’m sending a note saying we won’t be renewing our membership until AARP denounces Medicare Advantage and their ties with the Medicare Advantage plan named in the lawsuit.

My guess is this isn’t limited to Medicare Advantage plans but probably ALL private healthcare insurance. Who knows how they’re using AI nowadays.

And it’s especially worrying considering how unreliable AI has been shown to be, on top of being discriminatory and a whole host of other problems with it. But it’s all a big casino to these people.

Cats in Wonderland – the Uncanny Valley of lying AIs. It’s just a huge coincidence that AI chatbot services are very much like a lot of other tech products with problematic tradeoffs and just happen to be useful to a lot of the same questionable actors. CHLOE HUMBERT MAY 29, 2023