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Experts tell House AI and data access are essential to high‑value health care

Joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services (House) · December 11, 2025
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Researchers and policy experts told a joint House subcommittee that AI could improve clinical decisions and reduce waste if federal agencies modernize data access, de‑identification and regulatory evaluation; they urged CMS payment rules to spur investment.

At a joint House hearing, researchers and regulators said artificial intelligence could both improve patient outcomes and reduce wasteful spending — but only if federal data access and regulatory frameworks are modernized.

Dr. Ziad Obermeyer, a physician and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, said AI is “a tool for making better decisions” and described a prototype that analyzes electrocardiograms to more accurately identify patients who need…

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