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c/news · by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world · 1y

AI-backed medical debt company claims payment plans can help US healthcare costs

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/payzen-medical-debt-company-payment-plans

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5 Comments

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Yeah. Adding yet another middleman to the loop ain’t gonna reduce costs.

Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's going to hallucinate new fees.

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y

That isn't new or particular to LLMs. Corporate healthcare has been doing that all along.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

  1. By "help" they mean make it more profitable.

  2. Single payer universal healthcare.

ThatsTheSpirit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y
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TomMasz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
  1. Get sick
  2. Take out loan (AKA payment plan) to pay for it
  3. Die before loan is paid off