<p>Several listeners sent us an article with the headline <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/08/23/holden-karau-fight-health-insurance-appeal-claims-denials/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Make your health insurance cry</a>, about a new AI tool to fight health insurance. We had to learn more. </p><br><p>Meet Holden Karau: a Bay Area software engineer who says she’s “trying to make health insurance suck a little bit less.”</p><br><p>So she’s created an AI tool to appeal insurance denials.</p><br><p>Her project, <a href="http://fighthealthinsurance.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fight Health Insurance</a>, is a labor of love (she’s not earning money from it) and fueled by hatred (of insurance companies). </p><br><p>It draws on her tech expertise and on her years of experience fighting health insurance: for gender-affirming care, for rehab after getting hit by a car, and even for her dog, Professor Timbit. </p><br><p>We talked with Holden about what it took to build the tool, how it works, and what she hopes comes next.</p><br><p><a href="https://armandalegshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/S12-Ep07_Fight-with-Holden.png" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Here’s a transcript of this episode</strong></a><strong>. </strong></p><br><p><a href="https://armandalegshow.com/contact/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Send your stories and questions.</strong></a><strong> Or call 724 ARM-N-LEG.</strong></p><br><p><strong>Of course we’d love for you to</strong><a href="https://armandalegshow.com/support/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> <strong>support this show</strong></a><strong>. This month, every dollar you give gets matched dollar-for-dollar, by NewsMatch, from the Institute for Nonprofit News.</strong></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
