EFF sued to get documents about WISeR, a pilot program that uses AI to authorize or deny certain types of care for patients with Medicare. “According to the documents released by the EFF, the program’s implementation was rushed, and the technology wasn’t ready,” @arstechnica reports. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/09/trump-admin-using-ai-to-deny-medical-care-for-seniors-in-disastrous-experiment/
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Wasn't Ready? What counts as ready?
Literal AI death panels.
@eff @arstechnica
Why would you bring prior authorization, one of the most hated features of private insurance, into Medicare? It's the most sociopathic thing I've heard today. This is the death panels they whined about before ACA was passed.
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Just following in Australia's footsteps.
https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/single-assessment-system/about/tools