OpenAI expands ChatGPT Health access to all U.S. users
OpenAI announced today that ChatGPT Health, a feature designed to assist users with health-related questions, is now available to all U.S. users aged 18 and older across all plans. This launch follows a lawsuit filed by a Florida pastor who claimed the company's advice nearly led to a fatal outcome by discouraging him from seeking medical help.
The company began testing the feature via a dedicated hub in early January, enabling users to connect data from third-party services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal, as well as their personal health information.
At that time, OpenAI reported that users were submitting 230 million health-related queries per week. That figure has since risen to 300 million.

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Users can also connect their medical records from hospital systems such as Epic and Oracle Health, as well as health platforms like One Medical and Function Health.
OpenAI previously stated that users had to use the health hub for health-related queries. Now, they can choose to gain insights from connected health data across all queries. The company noted that during testing, 70% of health-related queries occurred outside the dedicated hub. With this new feature, users can leverage their health information to get answers about food or allergies in general chat.
The company highlighted that its models have improved in answering health-related questions. Specifically, the smallest model from its latest release, GPT 5.6-Luna, outperforms GPT 5.5 on the HealthBench evaluation, an open-source benchmark developed by OpenAI to assess large language models (LLMs) on health queries. OpenAI stated that it does not use any user data to train its models, and it collaborates with physicians to enhance its models' performance on health queries.
Despite these improvements, the company states in its terms that its services are "not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition." OpenAI cited these clauses in response to the aforementioned lawsuit and also told The New York Times that it is working to make health- or medicine-related answers safer. With this latest rollout, OpenAI encourages users to verify information and make medical decisions based on professional advice.
Multiple studies have pointed out that AI bots are not reliable for medical advice. However, this has not stopped companies like Anthropic and Google from launching health-related AI features.
ChatGPT Health is rolling out this week to logged-in U.S. users on free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, available on the web and iOS.
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OpenAI announced today that ChatGPT Health, a feature designed to assist users with health-related questions, is now available to all U.S. users aged 18 and older across all plans. This launch follows a lawsuit filed by a Florida pastor who claimed the company's advice nearly led to a fatal outcome by discouraging him from seeking medical help.
The company began testing the feature via a dedicated hub in early January, enabling users to connect data from third-party services like Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal, as well as their personal health information.
At that time, OpenAI reported that users were submitting 230 million health-related queries per week. That figure has since risen to 300 million.

Image credit: ChatGPT healthImage credit:OpenAI
Users can also connect their medical records from hospital systems such as Epic and Oracle Health, as well as health platforms like One Medical and Function Health.
OpenAI previously stated that users had to use the health hub for health-related queries. Now, they can choose to gain insights from connected health data across all queries. The company noted that during testing, 70% of health-related queries occurred outside the dedicated hub. With this new feature, users can leverage their health information to get answers about food or allergies in general chat.
The company highlighted that its models have improved in answering health-related questions. Specifically, the smallest model from its latest release, GPT 5.6-Luna, outperforms GPT 5.5 on the HealthBench evaluation, an open-source benchmark developed by OpenAI to assess large language models (LLMs) on health queries. OpenAI stated that it does not use any user data to train its models, and it collaborates with physicians to enhance its models' performance on health queries.
Despite these improvements, the company states in its terms that its services are "not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition." OpenAI cited these clauses in response to the aforementioned lawsuit and also told The New York Times that it is working to make health- or medicine-related answers safer. With this latest rollout, OpenAI encourages users to verify information and make medical decisions based on professional advice.
Multiple studies have pointed out that AI bots are not reliable for medical advice. However, this has not stopped companies like Anthropic and Google from launching health-related AI features.
ChatGPT Health is rolling out this week to logged-in U.S. users on free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, available on the web and iOS.
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