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For Medicare Advantage, Democrats want stronger protections around AI

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S enate Democrats on Thursday said Medicare should take more urgent and aggressive action to prevent health insurance companies from using artificial intelligence to unlawfully deny medical services. The Biden administration’s latest efforts to increase transparency into AI tools don’t go far enough to protect patients, the lawmakers said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. advertisement Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), citing a STAT investigation, took particularly sharp aim at the use of algorithms to deny care within Medicare Advantage. STAT’s stories had found repeated denials of desperately ill patients by the nation’s largest insurers. STAT+ Exclusive Story Already have an account? Log in Already have an account? Log in Already have an account? Log in Monthly $39 Totals $468 per year Totals $468 per year Starter $30 for 3 months, then $39/month Then $39/month Annual $399 Save 15% Save 15% 11+ Users Custom Savings start at 25%! Savings start at 25%! 2-10 Users $300 Annually per

S enate Democrats on Thursday said Medicare should take more urgent and aggressive action to prevent health insurance companies from using artificial intelligence to unlawfully deny medical services. The Biden administration’s latest efforts to increase transparency into AI tools don’t go far enough to protect patients, the lawmakers said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. Advertisement Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), citing a STAT investigation, took particularly sharp aim at the use of algorithms to deny care within Medicare Advantage. STAT’s stories had found repeated denials of desper

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