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AI has been used to deny healthcare coverage for generations, we just called it actuarial science
Instead, a physician working for the insurance company will use some sort of GPT to come up with an excuse to deny care and then they will write that up in their own words to deny care.
AI has been used to deny healthcare coverage for generations, we just called it actuarial science
What? I tell my dad that the funny spreadsheets he made in the 60s are AI now.
Instead, a physician working for the insurance company will use some sort of GPT to come up with an excuse to deny care and then they will write that up in their own words to deny care.
I think that’s ok from the perspective of the discussion at hand because we are still talking about an actual human’s terrible decision having their name attached to it. I think the system used to deny care being comically broken is a wholly different issue.
How about just prohibiting them from denying coverage at all , except for bona fide fraud? So much of the rot of the healthcare system stems from this broken regulatory approach of thinking that corporate bureaucrats will somehow "manage" care better than patients and doctors can. These "insurance" companies should be relegated to a purely financial role, as a basic table stakes reform.
There’s no reason to get a MRI for a basic headache, but if it’s free, why not?
And attempts to solve this just muddle it worse, but some could help - nobody is going to voluntarily take insulin, for example, so just make those impossible to deny.
How about just prohibiting them from denying coverage at all , except for bona fide fraud? So much of the rot of the healthcare system stems from this broken regulatory approach of thinking that corporate bureaucrats will somehow "manage" care better than patients and doctors can. These "insurance" companies should be relegated to a purely financial role, as a basic table stakes reform.
As of now, medical care in the US is about 2x-3x the cost it is in other developed countries.
Instead, a physician working for the insurance company will use some sort of GPT to come up with an excuse to deny care and then they will write that up in their own words to deny care.
How about just prohibiting them from denying coverage at all , except for bona fide fraud? So much of the rot of the healthcare system stems from this broken regulatory approach of thinking that corporate bureaucrats will somehow "manage" care better than patients and doctors can. These "insurance" companies should be relegated to a purely financial role, as a basic table stakes reform.
If the US could get costs down to levels of other developed countries, we could approve everything and still afford it. As of now, medical care in the US is about 2x-3x the cost it is in other developed countries.
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If the US could get costs down to levels of other developed countries, we could approve everything and still afford it. As of now, medical care in the US is about 2x-3x the cost it is in other developed countries.
cost of living though
How about just prohibiting them from denying coverage at all , except for bona fide fraud? So much of the rot of the healthcare system stems from this broken regulatory approach of thinking that corporate bureaucrats will somehow "manage" care better than patients and doctors can. These "insurance" companies should be relegated to a purely financial role, as a basic table stakes reform.
Because everything is misaligned. There’s no reason to get a MRI for a basic headache, but if it’s free, why not? And attempts to solve this just muddle it worse, but some could help - nobody is going to voluntarily take insulin, for example, so just make those impossible to deny.
Because an MRI is an exhausting, irritating experience.