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UnitedHealthcare accused of using AI that denies critical medical care coverage | (Allegedly) putting profit before patients? What a shock. (www.techspot.com)

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UnitedHealthcare accused of using AI that denies critical medical care coverage | (Allegedly) putting profit before patients? What a shock.::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The fact that insurance companies don't have to defer to physicians for medical decisions is mind boggling.

[–] Listlessnomad 10 points 11 months ago

Their excuse is that they aren’t “overruling the doctor”, they just aren’t going to pay for it. Never mind that in the US it’s functionally the same thing.

They will just say “you do what you think is best for the patient doc. We just disagree and aren’t going to cover it.” It forces doctors, hospitals, rehabs, and nursing homes into situations where they either have to provide care for free, or not at all. I’ll never understand how we allowed things to get this bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Seems criminal tbh. In a decent society.