Artificial intelligence may influence whether you can get pain medication

To contain the opioid crisis, health and law enforcement agencies have turned to technology to monitor doctor and patient prescription data. But experts have raised questions about how these systems work and voiced concerns about their accuracy and potential biases. Plus, some patients and doctors say they’re being unfairly targeted. Today, we hear from Sam Whitehead and Andy Miller of KFF Health News about the real-world complications this artificial intelligence is bringing.

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