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

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    The full source code of that “AI:”

    function process_claim (claim_id){

    return "denied";

    }

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      My doc tried to change my ADHD meds to another one with less side effects. Denied and told him to try another one. T felt completely inebriated all day and fell asleep at the dinner table. At this point I give up. I’ll just deal with ADHD. It’s better than dealing with fixking health insurance.

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    People with no moral compass are selling “AI” to credulous hospital administrators trying to maximize their bonuses by cutting healthcare worker hours.

    Fuck for-profit healthcare.

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    Same shit, different day. Companies love denying people basic needs and then blaming it on “the computer” (to borrow a '90s parlance). They love it because you can’t blame a person, rather you can just say it’s some inherent fault of the universe rather than some trash executive’s decision to let people die in the name of profits. When their profits are in danger, the universe can be bent to anyone’s will to save them; when their profits are rosy, well, chaotic universe theory, what are you gonna do? :shrug:

    The whole “AI” aspect of it is nothing new. “AI” is just regular software with different (and highly non-deterministic) algorithms running under the hood. Can’t wait till this stupid term is relegated to the dustbin of history.

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      Yes. It is can I spin this as AI to investors?

      I admit, not a very high bar to pass so basically everything is labeled as AI these days. It is what investors want to see.

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      Nope. It’s fully a marketing term and always has been. Worked at a firm that used a very, very basic bit of machine learning. But you better believe our marketing and investor pitch decks said “AI” a ton.