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Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits (gizmodo.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Wilshire to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Bro... This is America, these guys never get in trouble for anything

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why would they get in trouble when they are meeting the goals of the program?

Kicking people out of Medicare is the point. Whether they're supposed to be on the program is a secondary concern.

[–] hate2bme 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Exactly.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Yup.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's the distinction between "should" and "will"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

They are liable but nobody will enforce the law because fuck plebs