Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage
Donald Trump and Dr. Mehmet Oz want to let Artificial Intelligence (AI) choose which procedures Medicare will cover for individual patients -- with AI companies being paid based on how much money they save by denying people’s coverage.
Next year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin a pilot program in six states that uses AI to determine whether Medicare recipients receive the care their doctors say that they need. The plan was announced late last month by Dr. Oz, Trump’s appointee as CMS administrator, and has received sharp criticism from House Democrats and the medical community.
This cruel ploy comes as Medicare faces an urgent funding crisis, thanks to Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill. None of this “cost-saving” would be necessary if Trump and the GOP weren't driving up healthcare costs and starving our healthcare system of funds.
Email Congress NOW: Demand that they stop AI-powered healthcare denials and use the upcoming funding deadline to restore healthcare. You can use this Indivisible (national) portal to write your representative.