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@Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits

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Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits

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@Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago
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Thousands of children and adults were automatically terminated from Medicaid and disability benefits programs by a computer system that was supposed to make applying for and receiving health coverage easier.
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    Bro… This is America, these guys never get in trouble for anything

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      Why would they get in trouble when they are meeting the goals of the program?

      Kicking people out of Medicare is the point. Whether they’re supposed to be on the program is a secondary concern.

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        Exactly.

    • @demesisx@infosec.pub
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      Yup.

    • @lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
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      That’s the distinction between “should” and “will”

      • sunzu2
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        They are liable but nobody will enforce the law because fuck plebs

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