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Safety-net providers and researchers warn AI could deepen disparities without data, funding and governance
Summary
Representatives of safety-net organizations, researchers and foundations told the Assembly committees that AI can help many Californians but will widen gaps unless Medi‑Cal and other public programs support data access, validation and sustained governance for under-resourced providers.
Speakers at the Joint Informational Hearing stressed that the state’s safety‑net providers face unique obstacles to safe AI adoption: limited data infrastructure, scarce funds for purchasing and sustaining tools, and insufficient capacity to run local validation and monitoring.
Cara Carter, senior vice president for programs and strategy at the California Health Care Foundation, described interviews with safety‑net providers and said many are eager to adopt AI but lack capital, staff time and technical readiness. Carter said CHCF is preparing listening activities to…
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