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Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits

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Judge Rules $400 Million Algorithmic System Illegally Denied Thousands of People’s Medicaid Benefits

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Thousands of children and adults were automatically terminated from Medicaid and disability benefits programs by a computer system that was supposed to make applying for and receiving health coverage easier.

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Will keep happening as long as contracts are awarded based on flashy proposals.

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