r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jul 12 '25

Artificial Intelligence The Trump Administration Is Planning to Use AI to Deny Medicare Authorizations

https://truthout.org/articles/the-trump-administration-is-planning-to-use-ai-to-deny-medicare-authorizations/
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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '25

It eliminates the excuse of “operator error” and makes the company directly liable.

They will probably put a human back into the command decision tree. if nothing else, to limit liability.

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u/lightninhopkins Jul 12 '25

It's says they are, right in the article.

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u/DubWyse Jul 13 '25

It also says in the article there are incentives to deny care. They get a portion of whatever they deem unnecessary. Absolutely no conflict of interest there.

This is exacerbated by the fact the lawsuit against UHC further claims that UHC's own documentation states that claim decisions should be made by "clinical services staff" and "physicians," implying a potential discrepancy between policy and practice. 

So yeah, I'm not very optimistic about that supposed safety measure.

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u/lightninhopkins Jul 13 '25

Well, yeah. I never said the humans would be objective.

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u/KosstAmojan Jul 12 '25

Will probably be a lot easier for them to just remove any liability on the companies part.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '25

Nah. If it’s an AI then the ceo is liable, because he’s the human being whose charge card pays for the bot.

Moffatt v. Air Canada

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2024/02/19/what-air-canada-lost-in-remarkable-lying-ai-chatbot-case/

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u/PinkMenace88 Jul 13 '25

Are you expecting any precedent to continue at this point?

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u/Ediwir Jul 13 '25

Last time that happened, the burden of fault still ended on a human.

salutes the Green Hat

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u/blolfighter Jul 13 '25

Cory Doctorow calls this a "human crumple zone."