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Prior Authorization: When Bots Decide Your Life | Albany Georgia News
When Andrew Lemoine, a 29-year-old with Stage Four colorectal cancer, died without access to life-saving TPN due to a delayed prior authorization, a national reckoning began. Families are caught in a broken system where insurance bots—not doctors—deny care, causing delays that lead to hospitalizations and deaths. Nearly all doctors report these delays, and patients often don’t even know their treatment needs approval. Georgia’s new law, SB 444, bans AI from overriding medical judgment, set to take effect in 2027. Senator Jon Ossoff is now investigating, and regulators urge patients to report…
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