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Medicare will test using AI to help decide whether patients get coverage — which could delay or deny care, critics warn (www.marketwatch.com)

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[–] semioticbreakdown@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

jesus-christ

“Traditional Medicare uses prior authorizations very little. It’s plausible to believe that traditional Medicare uses prior authorizations too little,” said Matthew Fiedler, senior fellow in economic studies at the Center on Health Policy at the Brookings Institution.

Oh wow a quote from the Brookings Insitution that they could be using it more. Said in the most mealy-mouthed way. Their goal is just to make every public program worse and worse and worse in the name of "fiscal responsibility" and "tough decisions" and then let them get privatized and sold off to the most greedy and rapacious rent seekers. But theyre too afraid to say it because they know doing so is godawful and kills people, and that they would rightly be stripped of their positions and influence in any real system of justice.

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Prior authorization is such bullshit.

Insurance company: "Are you suuuuuuuuuure you need that drug?" very-intelligent

[–] miz@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

It's plausible to believe

what a smarmy asshole. it's plausible to believe you should have your head torn off you fucking shit