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AI is increasingly deciding who receives medical care

Original: AI is deciding whether or not people receive medical care

Insurers in the United States are using artificial intelligence algorithms to help decide whether to approve or deny coverage for medical care, including for patients in UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, Cigna and Humana plans. Vox's Good Medicine newsletter examines the practice, and critics warn the tools can wrongly delay or deny treatments that doctors consider necessary.

Why now: Growing concern that automated insurance decisions are denying patients needed care

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