Brian Thompson’s UnitedHealthcare was Accused of Using Faulty AI to Deny Coverage to Elderly Patients a Year Before Fatal Shooting [Video]

The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, Dec. 4, which the NYPD have confirmed as a pre-meditated, targeted attack, has drawn attention to the insurance provider’s recent legal troubles over its coverage.

Thompson, 50, was shot dead near the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan at about 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, police said. A masked suspect fled the scene to a nearby alleyway and then rode away on an E-bike toward Central Park.

Police have yet to make an arrest in the midtown Manhattan shooting, and a motive behind the killing is not yet known. However, a lawsuit against the insurance provider is gaining widespread attention in the wake of the shooting.

As reported by Reuters, the lawsuit alleges that UnitedHealthcare used artificial intelligence to deny coverage to elderly patients who are on a Medicare Advantage plan, despite allegedly being aware that the algorithm has a 90 percent error rate.

The lawsuit was filed on …