Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution By Arielle Zionts and Darius Tahir Illustration by Oona Zenda Aug. 11, 2026

Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution The $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program is set to flood rural America with new AI health tools. That’s despite little evidence on whether health-related AI can improve access to care and patient health in those communities. By Arielle Zionts and Darius Tahir Illustration by Oona Zenda Aug. 11, 2026 https://kffhealthnews.org/rural-health/rural-healthcare-artificial-intelligence-patients-wary/