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by nradov 1541 days ago
Due to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), medical insurers have very little flexibility in pricing policies. There's not much point in using ML for pricing.

https://www.healthcare.gov/how-plans-set-your-premiums/

The more likely use case for ML is detecting insurance fraud patterns.

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> The more likely use case for ML is detecting insurance fraud patterns.

I think that's covered under "much greater efficiency in coverage and claim denials."