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S1 · E50 · Sep 26, 2026 · 10m 42s

Medicare's AI Approval Pilot Delays Care as Vendors Share Denial Savings

Records from Medicare's six-state WISeR prior-approval pilot describe care delays and vendor payment tied to estimated savings from denials. A clinician is supposed to review denials, and the overall harm rate is not known. Also: Brazil's online-betting ban and whether demand moves underground; an interim Supreme Court…

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