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Re:New York Regulator Probes UnitedHealth Algorithm for Raci... by ahbyb on Sunday October 27, 2019 @05:05AM (#21368591)
>The question is, do you want to live in a society where prices are set based on one's genes. I sure don't.

Those genes do clearly make us behave in different ways, so why not?

I'm not a feminist, but it would be fairer for women to pay less for the same insurance since they are less likely to get in trouble with their cars. Why should they pay more?

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Re:New York Regulator Probes UnitedHealth Algorithm for Raci... by solotronics on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:01AM (#21384176)
I think the argument reduces to since we can get hyper accurate data on an individual level how can we treat people fairly? If an insurance algorithm charges one person who is higher risk 100x more than someone else is it really a fair form of insurance?
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