Sergio Sarcagian, "The Desert Diva": This report on health policy post-Chevron: nobody knows what's going to happen, but it's ominous, and the worst people in the space are very happy about it. I hadn't considered the AI angle — now there's nothing stopping insurers from going full-tilt www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/s...

This report on health policy post-Chevron: nobody knows what's going to happen, but it's ominous, and the worst people in the space are very happy about it. I hadn't considered the AI angle — now there's nothing stopping insurers from going full-tilt www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/s...

Supreme Court overrules Chevron deference, dealing blow to federal healthcare agencieswww.fiercehealthcare.com The U.S. Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-3, has overturned the Chevron deference, stripping power from federal agencies to interpret and enforce regulations. | The U.S. Supreme Court is overruling long-...

we don't need to argue about whether AI is effective at anything in insurance so long as the people who run insurance companies decide they want to commit to it. in fact, the less effective AI is — the more mistakes it makes — the more we *should* be concerned.

"algorithmic prior auth" isn't *necessarily* a bad thing — an algorithm that can decide "always approve procedure X if Y" with a two-minute response time is "good" for everyone — but the potential downside & obvious antisocial incentive seems much worse than the pot. benefit

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