U.S. Rep. Kind: Joins bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in calling for permanent expansion of telehealth coverage
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Ron Kind joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in calling to make the telehealth services that were extended during the COVID-19 pandemic to be made permanent. Provisions from the CONNECT for Health Act, which Rep. Kind cosponsored, were included in previous COVID-19 legislation and allowed Medicare beneficiaries across Wisconsin to utilize telehealth services, as well as other types of health care providers to provide telehealth. These provisions will expire following the pandemic unless Congressional leaders act now to make the measures permanent. “Telehealth has been crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic in helping Wisconsinites to receive the health care services