Congress and health care in 2025: AI prescribing medicine

A NAACOS and Innovaccer survey of 116 leaders also found only 21% are tracking which of their patients have enrolled in the new chronic care model.

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A pre-election candidate survey lands two weeks before CMS sets the next round of rural health awards, which partly score states on nurse practitioner rules.

KFF's pre-election poll found voters trust Democrats over Republicans on health care costs by 20 points, and public support for a single government plan moves sharply depending on the argument people hear.

A survey of 1,185 U.S. adults found the preference reversed for routine requests such as scheduling and prescription refills.

In a 13-patient test, an AI chat app answered questions about patients' brain data, and their feedback cut simulated false seizure alarms by 80%.

The proposal from Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. would end independent dispute resolution for care delivered starting in 2028.

Anthropic researchers ran an AI model across 15 cheap TV boxes and project that small models could spread on their own across poorly secured devices by the end of 2026, raising new questions for practices with networked equipment.