AI Is Causing Healthcare Costs to Surge

Artificial intelligence transcription tools are causing healthcare cost to rise, directly contradicting tech industry predicitions.

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And I have another story on this:

Even while waiting for data to roll in, both providers and payers agree that AI scribes are driving up the cost of care in the middle of an affordability crisis.

What, if anything, are we going to do about it?

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https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/08/insurers-providers-agree-ai-scribes-raise-health-care-costs/

Everyone agrees AI scribes are increasing health care costs. No one agrees what to do about it

Behind closed doors, health insurers and hospitals agree that AI scribes are bumping up health care costs. But, they don't agree on a solution.

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Coding intensity for patient visits is rising. Did AI scribes do that?

You may have seen the Trilliant study that alleges AI scribes are making visit coding go up. But what does the study actually say?

An analysis of that, and much more, in this week's AI Prognosis:

https://www.statnews.com/2026/04/08/are-scribes-raising-health-care-costs-ai-prognosis/

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Insurers should be required to cover medical foods

My son is now in high school, but when he was in the second grade, I received a call that changed everything: “We think he had a stroke.” He had developed a facial droop and couldn’t walk on his own. His teacher carried him to the nurse’s office with …
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2587448/insurers-should-be-required-to-cover-medical-foods/

🧪 Remember why Walter White turned to crime in Breaking Bad? 🩻
His fear of leaving his family buried in medical bills.
Turns out, millions of Americans understand that fear.
See the real numbers.
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😆 Oh, look! Yet another revelation that confirms US healthcare is the ultimate one-up game where #insurers pay triple for the same hospital snooze-fest. 🤦‍♂️ Investigative data journalism at its finest, bravely crunching numbers nobody will ever read, while #GitHub dreams of a world where code writes itself. 🖥️
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GitHub - rexrodeo/american-healthcare-conundrum: Investigative data journalism: quantifying fixable waste in US healthcare, one issue at a time. Open-source analysis of CMS, OECD, and federal datasets. $98.6B in savings identified so far.

Investigative data journalism: quantifying fixable waste in US healthcare, one issue at a time. Open-source analysis of CMS, OECD, and federal datasets. $98.6B in savings identified so far. - rexro...

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Delaware has some of the highest healthcare costs in the country, and Senate Bill 1 is exactly the kind of reform our state needs.

SB1 strengthens primary care while finally addressing one of the biggest drivers of high insurance premiums: hospital pricing that has been allowed to rise far above national benchmarks.

Contact your legislator today in support of SB1 (links in article.)

https://neurodoctor.com/2026/03/14/solution-to-delaware-health-care-costs/

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Solution to Delaware Health Care Costs?

Delaware has some of the highest healthcare costs in the country, and Senate Bill 1 is exactly the kind of reform our state needs. SB1 strengthens primary care while finally addressi…

Dr Bob, Brain Mechanic

Health insurers have claimed for months that AI is driving up health care costs. Now Blue Cross Blue Shield is offering proof.

The ambiguous analysis methods would sow more doubt on the conclusion...if a hospital hadn't told me last year that its AI coding software was targeting this EXACT code.

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Sarcoidosis doesn’t just hit your lungs or heart—it comes for your calendar, energy, and bank account. Staying alive shouldn’t be a subscription.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2548730/episodes/18680105
#Sarcoidosis #ChronicIllness #HealthcareCosts #DisabilityLife #Podcast
The High Price of Staying Alive: Sarcoidosis, Chronic Illness, Insurance, and America’s Health Care Circus. - Thoughts While Surviving Chronic Illness: Navigating Life With Sarcoidosis

Ever notice how sarcoidosis doesn’t just come for your lungs (or your heart, if it’s feeling ambitious)—it comes for your calendar, your energy, and your bank account too? This is the story of what “good insurance” looks like when the bills have s...

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Trump Strikes Deals with Nine Drug Companies to Lower Prescription Prices

Nine drug companies agreed to lower prices on Dec 19, 2025, with a new website TrumpRx. Find out how this affects prescription costs for Americans.

#DrugPrices, #TrumpDeals, #HealthcareCosts, #PharmaNews, #USManufacturing

https://newsletter.tf/trump-drug-deals-december-19-2025-lower-prices-americans/