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Hospitals' AI use linked to $942 million jump in US healthcare costs

Original: # AI has made many people rich, esp those close to # Trump /fam & others who've ill-gotten gains:🚨"Hospitals’ use of AI

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association reports that hospitals' use of AI tools when submitting insurance claims drove an additional $942 million in US healthcare spending over a two-year period. Commenters are linking the finding to wider concerns that AI-driven gains are flowing to well-connected and wealthy interests, including associates of Donald Trump, while patients and insurers absorb the costs.

Why now: A new industry report quantifies how AI in hospital billing is raising healthcare costs, feeding into broader debate about who profits from AI.

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• # AI has made many people rich, esp those close to # Trump /fam & others who've ill-gotten gains:🚨"Hospitals’ use of AI tools as they submit insur claims led to an additional $942M in # Healthcare spending over a 2-yr prd, acc to➡️Blue Cross/Shield Asscs. BCBSA:🚨“a sharp⬆️in… · KimPerales@toad.social · 3

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