“AI ‘Slop’ Websites Are Publishing Climate Science Denial" | Article by @joeygrostern for @desmog:

https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/27/ai-slop-websites-are-publishing-climate-science-denial/

You may remember reading about the plastic surgeon, Dr. Elisabeth Potter, who was doing a breast reconstruction when she was called out of surgery by United Healthcare to explain why the patient needed an overnight hospital stay.

Well, Dr. Potter has a lot more to say about how the insurance side of medical care works, from a doctor’s perspective. And it’s horrible. For starters:

“It's things like getting a preauthorization for a surgery. I employ two people full-time just to get authorizations for me to do necessary medical procedures for women affected by breast cancer. … They tell me what type of implants I can place, and it varies from insurance to insurance.”

And wait until you read about the peer-to-peer calls, where the supposed peer has no relevant expertise:

I say, "Well, I'd like to talk to you about diep flap surgery." And I hear a pause, and then I say, "Do you know what a diep flap is?" And they say no.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/she-exposed-the-insurance-industrys-worst-behavior.-now-theyre-coming-after-her

h/t @rooneymcnibnug

#UnitedHealthcare #healthcare