Red and blue states alike want to limit AI in insurance. Trump wants to limit the states.

By: Darius Tahir/KFF Health News, Lauren Sausser/KFF Health News

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 1,438

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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It’s the rare policy question that unites Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democratic-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California: How should health insurers use AI?

Regulating artificial intelligence, especially its use by health insurers, is becoming a politically divisive topic, and it’s scrambling traditional partisan lines.

Boosters, led by Trump, are not only pushing its integration into government, as in Medicare’s experiment using AI in …

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