•  Sina   ( @Sina@beehaw.org ) 
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    8 months ago

    That will take a long time, right now analyzing one person’s DNA to a point where an insurance company could profit from it costs way more than the extra profits from denying some potentially short-lived clients.

    (or an AI based analyzer is already in the works)

    • Considering prior authorization is predicated on the fact that if they reject enough requests inevitably some people won’t fight them, meaning they don’t have to pay out, I wouldn’t be surprised if they use a slightly better than chance prediction as justification for denying coverage, if they even need an actual excuse to begin with.

    •  liv   ( @liv@beehaw.org ) 
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      8 months ago

      I’m old enough that a lot of things that were going to take a long time have come to pass, so I feel confident this will come.

      AI and genetics are both moving fairly fast, and insurance is about numbers and probabilities.