DAINES PUSHES FOR EXPANDED TELEHEALTH SERVICES AT SENATE HEARING

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"In rural states like Montana…telehealth has completely changed the game in terms of health care access. At our rural health care hearing earlier this year, I highlighted that two of the most challenging barriers to accessing care in rural states are distance and transportation, we might add weather at times with our Montana winters. With the ability to receive care virtually in the home, patients no longer have to travel multiple hours to see their providers, and the incorporation of audio-only telehealth has increased access in areas without sufficient broadband infrastructure. Telehealth also played a notable role in meeting the mental health needs of patients, arguably the mental health crisis we had during the pandemic, including in the Medicare population."

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