Sen. Ossoff Working to Crack Down on AI Improperly Denying Needed Health Care

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is working to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to deny needed health care.

Sen. Ossoff is cosponsoring a Senate resolution to stop the Trump Administration from allowing artificial intelligence to improperly deny seniors' needed health care.

This year, the Trump Administration's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model, a pilot program that uses "technologies such as artificial intelligence to review the appropriateness of select services in six states over a six-year trial period."

The Congressional Review Act resolution, led by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), would repeal the WISeR Model, stopping the Trump Administration from using AI to deny seniors' care.

"The abuse of prior authorization practices has led to Georgians being denied life-saving medication and waiting months for the care they need," Sen. Ossoff said. "Georgians shouldn't have to worry that artificial intelligence will improperly deny them needed care."

Sen. Ossoff continues to work to ban insurance companies from denying or delaying needed health care.

In June, during the Senate's vote series, Sen. Ossoff offered an amendment to prevent insurance companies from denying or delaying needed health care, but Senate Republicans blocked Sen. Ossoff's amendment. This followed Senate Republicans blocking Sen. Ossoff's amendment during a Senate budget debate in April.

In April, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry with CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz about insurance practices that lead to denied claims and delayed health care that patients need.

Click here to read the Senate Resolution.

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