Healthcare DIVE December 19, 2024
Emily Olsen

A sweeping funding bill that would have preserved the pandemic-era policies for two years was derailed by President-elect Donald Trump, less than two weeks before the flexibilities are set to expire.

Dive Brief:

  • Telehealth groups are calling for urgent action after President-elect Donald Trump panned a stopgap funding bill that would have preserved telehealth flexibilities in Medicare.
  • Lawmakers reached a bipartisan agreement Tuesday to fund the federal government through the package, which included provisions extending pandemic-era flexibilities for virtual care delivery for another two years. But Trump and his allies decried the stopgap funding bill as too expensive, leading House Republicans to scrap the legislation.
  • Without congressional action, the telehealth flexibilities will expire after Dec. 31. “To...

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