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RFK Jr. and CMS Pledge $50B for Health AI

8/12/2026

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  • Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CMS head Dr. Mehmet Oz pledged $50 billion for AI tools in health care.
  • They promoted AI nurses and avatar mental-health services as concierge care in Hot Springs, South Dakota.
  • Connecticut and Vermont are adding rules to monitor accurate alerts from AI patient-monitoring devices in the Rural Health Transformation Program.