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Telehealth regulations in Washington, D.C.: Recent history

Congressional action could help or hurt availability of telehealth, which has grown to become a major part of the U.S. health care system.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a tremendous human and financial cost. It also caused a massive increase in use and awareness of telehealth. Kyle Zebley, American Telemedicine Association vice president, public policy, and executive director of ATA Action, recounts how the public health emergency catapulted telemedicine to the forefront of public consciousness.