{"id":22943,"date":"2026-05-04T08:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/flaws-in-kenyas-ai-driven-health-reforms-driving-up-costs-for-the-poorest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T08:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:37:20","slug":"flaws-in-kenyas-ai-driven-health-reforms-driving-up-costs-for-the-poorest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/flaws-in-kenyas-ai-driven-health-reforms-driving-up-costs-for-the-poorest\/","title":{"rendered":"Flaws in Kenya\u2019s AI-driven health reforms driving up costs for the poorest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exclusive<\/strong>: amid unrest, President William Ruto promised to give all Kenyans access to healthcare. But the algorithm favours the rich, an investigation has found<\/p>\n<p>\n An AI system used to predict how much Kenyans can afford to pay for access to healthcare, has systemically driven up costs for the poor, an investigation has found.<\/p>\n<p>The healthcare system being rolled out across the country, a key electoral promise of President William Ruto, was launched in October 2024 and intended to replace Kenya\u2019s decades-old national insurance system.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2026\/may\/04\/kenya-ai-healthcare-reforms-driving-up-costs-for-poor\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2f67d40cd03693e44b4894f64d22fe9ee81cb5fa\/301_0_4806_3845\/master\/4806.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=578b17a54f4acc3afb06b05b302491b3\" title=\"Flaws in Kenya\u2019s AI-driven health reforms driving up costs for the poorest\" \/>Exclusive: amid unrest, President William Ruto promised to give all Kenyans access to healthcare. But the algorithm favours the rich, an investigation has found<\/p>\n<p> An AI system used to predict how much Kenyans can afford to pay for access to healthcare, has systemically driven up costs for the poor, an investigation has found.<br \/>\nThe healthcare system being rolled out across the country, a key electoral promise of President William Ruto, was launched in October 2024 and intended to replace Kenya\u2019s decades-old national insurance system. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: amid unrest, President William Ruto promised to give all Kenyans access to healthcare. But the algorithm favours the rich, an investigation has found An AI system used to predict how much Kenyans can afford to pay for access to healthcare, has systemically driven up costs for the poor, an investigation has found. The healthcare &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/flaws-in-kenyas-ai-driven-health-reforms-driving-up-costs-for-the-poorest\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Flaws in Kenya\u2019s AI-driven health reforms driving up costs for the poorest<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22943"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}