# Richer Americans expect AI to help patient care, poorer Americans expect harm

> Original title: Richer Americans expect AI to improve patient care, while poorer Americans expect it to make care worse: 55% of upper-income adults see A...

- Source: Rohan Paul
- Published: 2026-11-04T19:37:56.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/dy8qoq2zbeebj610d6ls7twk1
- Original: https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2118065228986691786

## Summary

Pew Research Center reports that 55% of upper-income U.S. adults expect AI to improve patient care, compared with 25% of lower-income adults. The study also finds 60% would feel uncomfortable if their own doctor used AI for diagnoses and treatment.

## Post

Richer Americans expect AI to improve patient care, while poorer Americans expect it to make care worse: 55% of upper-income adults see AI helping patients, against just 25% of lower-income adults.

Pew Research.

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## Quoted post @rohanpaul_ai

> New study from PEW Research
> 
> Majority of Americans uncomfortable with their doctor using AI 
> 
> > Americans want humans making the final call: 47% accept AI diagnoses with human review, but only 3% would let AI diagnose alone, and 46% reject any AI role in insurance claims.
> 
> > 60% would feel uncomfortable if their own doctor used AI for diagnoses and treatments, double the 30% comfortable, even though 78% accept AI translating for patients.
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> > Americans split evenly on AI’s effect on patient outcomes, 37% better versus 36% worse, but 45% of adults under 30 now expect worse outcomes, up from 29% in 2022.
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> > Privacy and the patient-doctor relationship draw the most pessimism: 51% expect AI to worsen health-data security against 8% better, and 47% expect a worse relationship against 10% better.
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> > Trust in oversight is thin: 58% doubt health insurers and 50% doubt AI companies will keep AI serving patients, while only 25% doubt doctors.

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