News & Commentary

Aug 09, 2022

How the Government Relies on Algorithms to Allocate Healthcare Benefits – and Why These Secret Formulas Threaten Patients’ Fundamental Rights

When faced with important health care decisions, we often turn to doctors, service providers, family, and friends. But today, another actor plays a growing role in those decisions as the government and insurance companies increasingly lean on algorithms to allocate health care we need.

an illustration with a yellow background and text that reads: Medicaid Algorithms. A group of three people, including a person sitting down in a wheelchair is at the foreground. On the right, there is a collage of pills, syringe, and a medical toolbox.
Aug 02, 2022

Why the ACLU-NJ's Automated Injustice Project is Investigating Government Algorithms and their Effect on all New Jerseyans

Through our Automated Injustice Project, we’ve begun investigating a few instances when the New Jersey government has deployed algorithms and automated decision systems that impact our lives and wellbeing. Learn more about our investigation.

A collage of a scale of justice balancing binary codes, an image of a black man being scanned by facial recognition technology, a stethescope, a stack of books and an apple
Jul 26, 2022

Police Are Using Newborn Genetic Screening to Search for Suspects, Threatening Privacy and Public Health

States must craft policies to rein in unbridled police access to newborn blood samples.

A newborn heel prick being performed.