DELBENE, PATIENTS, PROVIDERS RAISE ALARM ABOUT MEDICARE AI DENIAL EXPERIMENT

Washington, June 22 -- Congresswoman Suzan DelBene issued the following press release:

Today, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) hosted health care providers and Medicare patients at UW Medical Center to raise growing concerns about the Trump administration's Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) program, which pays private companies to use AI to delay and deny care to Washington seniors.

Since the program began in January, patients have been left in severe pain (https://www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-patients-agonize-as-medicare-ai-program-continues-to-delay-care/) as they are unable to access the care prescribed by their doctors. During the event, patients and providers shared firsthand stories about the impact these d...