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Ms. Toad

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3. This deadline has nothing directly to do with November 5.
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 06:24 PM
Mar 2025

Medicare did not cover telehealth visits until sometime during the peak of COVID. When Congress made an exception, it had a deadline. I don't know if the original deadline was extended, or whether March 30, 2025 was the original deadline. But time marches on, regardless of who won the election.

Congress does have the ability to extend the deadline, but did not include it in the bill passed while Biden was still in the White House. They still have that opportunity - so to the extent they don't, it is a consequence of Republicans winning the house and senate. But they aren't responsible for the fact that a temporary exception for telehealth included a deadline.

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