OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT Health to all U.S.-based users over 18 across all plans, moving a health-focused feature from a more limited test into broad availability. The rollout arrives as users are asking more health-related questions in ChatGPT and as scrutiny around medical advice from AI systems continues to rise.
The company says Health in ChatGPT is rolling out this week to logged-in U.S. users on free, Go, Plus and Pro plans on the web and iOS. The feature is designed to help with health-related queries, while still keeping a clear boundary around medical decision-making.
What OpenAI Is Rolling Out
ChatGPT Health began testing earlier in January through a dedicated hub. That hub let users bring in data from other services and personal information from platforms such as Apple Health, Function and MyFitnessPal.
The new rollout broadens how that information can be used. OpenAI previously said users needed to use the health hub for health-related queries. Now, users can choose to draw insights from connected information in the health section in all queries.
That change matters because, during testing, OpenAI observed that 70% of health-related queries happened outside the dedicated hub. In practice, this means a user could ask a general chat question that touches on food or allergies and choose to have ChatGPT use connected health information when responding.
OpenAI also says users can integrate medical records from hospital systems like Epic and Oracle Health, along with health platforms like One Medical and Function Health. The feature is therefore not limited to fitness or diet data; it can also connect to more formal medical-record systems where users choose to link them.
Why The Timing Matters
The expansion comes one day after a Florida-based pastor sued OpenAI for giving a near-fatal suggestion not to consult a doctor. OpenAI cited its terms in response to that lawsuit and also told The New York Times that it is working on making health- or medicine-related answers safer.
The company’s own terms continue to set an important limit. OpenAI says its services are "not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of any health condition."
That warning sits at the center of the rollout. ChatGPT Health may make health information easier to organize and discuss, but OpenAI says people should verify information and make medical decisions based on professional advice.
The tension is straightforward: users are already asking large numbers of health questions, and OpenAI is giving them more ways to use personal health context. At the same time, the company is emphasizing that ChatGPT is not a replacement for a clinician.
Health Queries Are Rising Fast
OpenAI said earlier that users were asking 230 million health-related queries each week. That number has now risen to 300 million.
Those figures help explain why the company is investing in a dedicated health experience. Health questions are not a small side use case for chatbots. They are a major category of activity, and many users appear to ask those questions in ordinary conversations rather than inside a clearly separated health area.
That user behavior likely shaped the broader design. If most health-related prompts happen outside the hub, a health feature that only works inside the hub would miss much of the way people actually use ChatGPT.
The new approach allows health context to follow the user into general chat when they choose to use it. That can make the feature more flexible, but it also raises the stakes for how carefully health and medicine-related answers are handled.
What OpenAI Says About Model Performance
OpenAI says its models have improved on health-related queries. The company noted that the smallest model from its latest release, GPT 5.6-Luna, outperforms GPT 5.5 on HealthBench, an open source benchmark developed by OpenAI to evaluate large language models on health queries.
The company also says it does not use any user data to train its model and that it works with physicians to improve its models on health queries. Those points are meant to address two separate concerns: how personal information is handled and whether health answers are being refined with medical input.
Even so, benchmark progress does not erase the limits OpenAI itself describes. A model can perform better on evaluations and still produce answers that users should verify, especially when a question could affect care, treatment, or whether to seek medical help.
The Larger AI Health Push
OpenAI is not alone in pursuing health-related AI features. The source article notes that companies like Anthropic and Google have also launched health-related AI features.
At the same time, several studies have highlighted that AI bots are not reliable for medical advice. That broader backdrop makes the rollout of ChatGPT Health more than a product update. It is part of a larger test of whether AI companies can make health information useful without encouraging users to treat chatbots as doctors.
For users, the practical takeaway is simple. ChatGPT Health can now be used more broadly by eligible U.S. users, including with connected health information and medical records from supported systems. But OpenAI’s own position remains that people should verify what they receive and base medical decisions on professional advice.