🤕 Medicare's AI Experiment | EFFector 38.20
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed suit seeking government records on WISeR, a federal AI system launched in January that evaluates Medicare patients' requests for certain medical procedures. The EFF argues the program lacks adequate transparency, independent testing, and clear legal boundaries.
Why this matters: If you are on Medicare, an algorithm may now have a hand in whether your treatment gets approved. Not your doctor. A private company's software. That matters because AI systems make errors, and in healthcare those errors can mean denied care for people who have no easy way to fight back. The government has not explained how WISeR works, how often it is wrong, or what rights patients have when it says no. That is not a technical detail. It is a basic accountability gap.
Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · Compliance · AI governance · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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