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Brian Schatz: “Unless Congress acts, we will go back to the stone ages, with very limited access to telehealth.”

On the recordOctober 6, 2021
Unless Congress acts, we will go back to the stone ages, with very limited access to telehealth.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Schatz emphasizes the urgent need for legislative action to maintain telehealth access.

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