Healthcare for the People
AI has the potential to reshape healthcare—from accelerating drug development to improving care delivery and streamlining administrative tasks. Estimates suggest AI could save up to $600 billion in drug development alone by 2050. But to ensure these savings benefit patients—not just corporate profits—we must negotiate fair drug prices and prioritize public good.
If implemented responsibly and redirected to do so, AI can enhance care quality, improve diagnostic accuracy, and make healthcare more accessible, better, and affordable to everyone. The challenge isn’t just technological—it’s ethical, economic, and human. Let’s make sure AI serves everyone.
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MIT
Shaping the Future of Work
Daron Acemoglu David Autor
Simon Johnson
"Given that one in five U.S. dollars is spent on healthcare, any technology that improves efficiency, lowers costs, or broadens access to the healthcare system has potentially enormous benefits. Using AI, qualified nurse practitioners, nurses, and health technicians could diagnose routine health problems, recommend courses of treatment, and more efficiently route patients to further care options." Can we Have Pro-Worker AI? Choosing a path of machines service of minds
Brookings Institution
The AI Equity Lab
"Artificial intelligence (AI) in the health care sector is transforming service delivery, administration, and patient care. It offers excellent breakthroughs and opportunities in the health sector and can improve access to quality care for medically vulnerable communities and patients through remote monitoring of micro-health data." Health and AI: Advancing responsible and ethical AI for all communities
Morgan Stanley
"AI holds enormous promise for drug development and could generate healthcare savings between $100 billion and $600 billion by 2050. AI tools are already leading to hospital care savings, which could amount to as much as $900 billion by 2050." How AI Could Stop Surging Healthcare Costs