BCHC and others urge Congress to support long-term access to telehealth
February 2025
It is crucial that Congress restore the telehealth access lost in December and prevent the loss of Medicare telehealth services in March.
Enhanced access to telehealth services serves as a lifeline to patients across the country, allowing patients to access critical health care services even when they have barriers to accessing in-person care, such as weakened immune systems, transportation challenges, geographic distance, and more.
Telehealth is a bipartisan policy, as demonstrated by the broadly supported 2022 legislation which extended telehealth flexibilities through 2024. While the priority is legislation that would establish permanent telehealth policies, achieving this goal could be a multi-year process.
Telehealth is a strongly supported, bipartisan issue.
Ensuring stability for telehealth policy would:
Telehealth is a strongly supported, bipartisan issue. It is crucial that both the House and Senate pass permanent or long-term telehealth provisions to ensure stable access to health care services.
