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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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[–] Listlessnomad@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year 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.