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Re:The Uselessness of Phenylephrine by rscho on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @06:57PM (#30861882)
> Big data is coming

Big _bad_ data... Let's see how we fare in 5y, then. My prediction as a clinician with a special interest in stats: close to zero medical progress. But insurance priced by a ML algorithm, and much greater efficiency in coverage and claim denials.

Re:The Uselessness of Phenylephrine by nradov on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @09:35PM (#30862926)
Due to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), medical insurers have very little flexibility in pricing policies. There's not much point in using ML for pricing.

https://www.healthcare.gov/how-plans-set-your-premiums/

The more likely use case for ML is detecting insurance fraud patterns.

Re:The Uselessness of Phenylephrine by webmaven on Monday April 04, 2022 @02:36AM (#30903859)
> The more likely use case for ML is detecting insurance fraud patterns.

I think that's covered under "much greater efficiency in coverage and claim denials."