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House Energy and Commerce hearing showcases benefits and risks of AI in health care
Summary
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing brought industry leaders, clinicians and scholars to Washington to discuss real-world uses of artificial intelligence in health care, including clinical tools, price‑transparency products and risks from unregulated mental‑health chatbots and automated prior‑authorization systems.
At a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing, industry founders, practicing clinicians and academic experts outlined how artificial intelligence is already being used across the U.S. health system — and where lawmakers say federal guardrails are needed.
The witnesses described concrete clinical gains from platforms that triage strokes and other time‑sensitive conditions, insurer and plan tools that surface missed preventive care, and consumer products that attempt to show upfront prices. At the same time, experts and members warned about a “foundational trust deficit” in health care AI, unregulated direct‑to‑consumer chatbots that can produce harmful advice, and pilot programs that would…
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