Nice federal government you have there, would be a shame if AI started calling the shots.
Donald Trump says he is Making America Great Again, which seems like it might be code for: making everything shittier, less affordable, and less efficient. Certainly, when it comes to the realm of public services, the White House seems to be doing everything in its power to make the century-old social welfare programs—like Social Security and Medicare—significantly less helpful.
The latest unfortunate example of this unfurled itself this week with the announcement of a new pilot program being trialed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The pilot, which the New York Times reports is scheduled to begin next year in six different states, will use artificial intelligence software to determine whether certain kinds of coverage are “appropriate” or not. In a press release on the agency’s website that feels very DOGE-like, the CMS notes that its new program will “Target Wasteful, Inappropriate Services in Original Medicare.
