OpenAI suggests ChatGPT play doctor as millions of Americans face spiking insurance costs: ‘In the U.S., ChatGPT has become an important ally’

One week after the expiry of the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced healthcare subsidies, Americans are starting to feel the pinch. Up through the end of 2025, around 24 million Americans used the subsidies to purchase healthcare at a discounted rate. That lifeline is now gone as the Senate remains deadlocked in renewal talks. But where there is crisis, one of the Internet age’s most prolific disruptors has spied opportunity.

Americans are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence...