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A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

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Those pens would do two things to modernize American health care for both patients and doctors: first, Congress would pass the CONNECT for Health Act (HR 4189. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act. Plainly put, we have 20 th Century laws governing 21 st century health care delivery.

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Two-Thirds of Americans Say Healthcare Doesn’t Work Well, in RealClear Politics Poll

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This poll from RealClear Politics , conducted in late April/early May 2019, makes my point that the patient is the consumer and, facing deductibles and more financial exposure to footing the medical bill, the payor. For more on that phenomenon, see HealthConsuming ‘s chapters on digital health and the new retail health.