Senators call for permanent changes to expand telehealth access post-pandemic

Congress took steps to quickly expand access to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic .

Now 30 senators are calling for those changes to become permanent.

Senator Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, wrote a letter (PDF) urging Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and minority leader Charles Schumer, D-New York, to support expanding access to telehealth services on a permanent basis so that it remains an option for Medicare beneficiaries both now and after the pandemic. Read More...