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UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/ai-with-90-error-rate-forces-elderly-out-of-rehab-nursing-homes-suit-claims/

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 months ago (5 children)

A few years ago on a cruise we sat at a table with a doctor who said he was in charge of all United Healthcare insurance approvals. This guy didn't just mention he had to sometimes refuse people care, he was absolutely giddy about it and took sadistic pleasure in seeing other people suffer. We moved to a different table to get away from him.

I guess we'll find out eventually, but I've got to wonder if the shooter was pushed over the edge after someone close to him died due to refusal of care by United Healthcare.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Game over. What was his score?

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, rofl, I did not read the word

fatally

right the first time.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Me neither and found it normal to find some eagerness to this type of CEO'S demise.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago

Deeply ironic that when this news broke I was in an urgent care out of network because I couldn't get an appointment anywhere with my employer provided United Healthcare.

Oh well, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 4 months ago

Getting to the find out stage.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Back when we were still talking about Biden's replacement, and people who shoot down AOC solely because she was the left most option, I started telling people my ideal candidate was Boots Riley, but I'm willing to compromise for AOC.

That being said "Guillotine" and even "Parents' Cocaine" are streets ahead of "5 million".

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago

Americans pay more for healthcare than any other country in the world. And that healthcare might be good, if you make it through all the barriers first. And you could be dead before that happens. If you even have healthcare after the incoming administration does what they plan on doing.

People are getting fed up and there are only going to be more desperate Americans going forward. Things are not going to get better. Expect more headlines like this in the future.

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