https://www.wired.com/story/senators-protest-health-algorithm-biased-against-black-people/

In October, a bombshell academic study questioned whether widely used software could cause racial bias in US health care. It found that an algorithm some providers use to prioritize access to extra help with conditions such as diabetes systematically favors white patients’ needs over those of black patients. Democratic presidential candidate and senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) and Senate colleague Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) are now demanding answers.

On Tuesday, Booker and Wyden released letters to the Federal Trade Commission and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services asking the agencies how they look for and prevent bias in health care algorithms. They asked the FTC to investigate whether decision-making algorithms discriminate against marginalized communities. The lawmakers also wrote to five of the largest health care companies asking about their internal safeguards against bias in their technology.