Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits
Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits
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.
You're viewing a single thread.
Deloitte should be liable for the medical bills of patients who it wrongly denied coverage for.
They saved money by skipping QA, they can pay for the fallout of their bugs.
Bro... This is America, these guys never get in trouble for anything
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.
Exactly.
Yup.
That's the distinction between "should" and "will"
They are liable but nobody will enforce the law because fuck plebs
I agree.
I also wish Deloitte would stop winning contracts to build their shitty, cobbled together tech solutions for pennies (to the contractors) on the dollar. Their track record for such activity is actually kinda garbage in the industry.
From your fingers to the will of the people.
Will keep happening as long as contracts are awarded based on flashy proposals.
God damn right. They want to outsource jobs AND cause people harm due to their ignorance?? (lead pipes, lead paint, asbestos, need I say more)
Fuck that.
Or, how about a small fine. Maybe 5% of the extra profit they made in this scam and they don't even have to stop or admit wrong doing
^ this is what will likely happen