{"id":108611,"date":"2026-07-16T19:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/108611\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:23:13","slug":"gop-senators-oppose-bill-to-end-ai-prior-authorizations-in-medicare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/108611\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senators oppose bill to end AI prior authorizations in Medicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 A Senate vote to halt a Medicare pilot that uses artificial intelligence to approve or deny care failed along party lines on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans voted to block consideration of a Democratic-led measure, which would have stopped the Trump administration from employing prior authorization in original Medicare, where the practice is rarely allowed. The vote was 46 to 50.<\/p>\n<p>The White House had pushed back against the Democratic bill. Medicare officials gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/marketing.statnews.com\/e3t\/Ctc\/LV+113\/cp47z04\/VW3Lll3fDnjgW8HNvL26Zz_XsW54fY-N5RybdQN3X6VJn3qgz0W95jsWP6lZ3n4W8LzH501HbLlSW8JBbh143W-YCW7qq4R56h46xnW229HRJ2HnnD4W7nR-5D9kH0shW555PQg2y5C1lW7_wHQV7yQ6zjVLLkrB7b-PXPW2mBzC01nj7xrVVfH0C8w-p6CW74PNG14BFk31W13-Qn684sQYLW4GnPTs1GzZqsN89kFwzY1WcVW3bhzkd66K-ZfW8pvYS93K4V6JW6tjlGN1FMkskW33Z7rB4F4V39W1n4qJ_5f93gsW7Mvn-q7jFk-sW1Lphyr1DhtcKW2gTYnk3GzRY8W48zxj87qMFVGW7p4JGb4TWXltW2ryGF76z_qvHW62NZw-56cmmMW37gbpq5H_xjzV5jPsT6PNnD8W9b0h8n3XKL2KW49zTln888ZgXf7VNwmb04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">handout<\/a> to lawmakers\u2019 offices on Tuesday outlining what they say are the benefits of the test, known as WISeR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-text\">STAT+ Exclusive Story<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-login\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"restricted-content-breaker-bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/stat-plus-breaker-bg.png\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"stat-plus-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/stat\/images\/stat-plus-logo-white.svg\" alt=\"STAT+\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tThis article is exclusive to STAT+ subscribers<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tUnlock this article \u2014 plus in-depth analysis, newsletters, premium events, and news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-breaker-wrapper-cta mobile\">Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/login\/\" data-stat-login=\"\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker login cta mobile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Log in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tIndividual plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tGroup plans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button view-all\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker view all plans\" aria-label=\"View All Plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View All Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"restricted-content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTo read the rest of this story subscribe to STAT+.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/stat-plus\/\" class=\"stat-button restricted-button\" data-stat-paywall-cta=\"breaker subscribe cta 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON \u2014 A Senate vote to halt a Medicare pilot that uses artificial intelligence to approve or deny&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,6769,1670,459,40616,2819,460],"class_list":["post-108611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-cms","tag-congress","tag-health-tech","tag-medicare-advantage","tag-policy","tag-stat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}