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Healthcare payers create networks, define rules, set prices, and process payments—tasks that artificial intelligence (AI) can execute well, with the right direction. The conventional wisdom is that AI-driven automation can increase efficiency, while lowering administrative and medical costs. That is true enough, but like most conventional wisdom, it’s also obvious.  Let’s go a little deeper:…

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Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s freeze of $10 billion in child-care funds

A federal judge in New York has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s move to freeze $10 billion in child-care funds in five Democrat-led states including California. The ruling Friday afternoon capped a tumultuous stretch that began earlier this week when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told California officials and those in Colorado,…

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Trump administration declares ‘war on added sugar’

The Trump administration announced a major overhaul of American nutrition guidelines Wednesday, replacing the old, carbohydrate-heavy food pyramid with one that prioritizes protein, healthy fats and whole grains. “Our government declares war on added sugar,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a White House news conference announcing the changes. “We…

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