On: Senate passes bill to provide benefits to individuals and small businesses

[themodelplumber]

Which one is that?

[dillonmckay → themodelplumber]

Actively prohibiting telemedicine.

Requiring licensing at the state level that is not reciprocal with other states.

Limiting the number of students admitted to MD programs.

[themodelplumber → dillonmckay]

I see, that's interesting. Can you fill me in on the relevance to the bill? I'm just a skimmer and didn't pick up on that.

[dillonmckay → themodelplumber]

The bill, as I understand it, temporarily allows telemedicine to be billed via government programs, whereas prior to this ‘war’, it was not possible. After the ‘war’ is over, telemedicine will not be covered by such programs.

Additionally, for a doctor to practice in a particular state, the medical board of that state grants and revoked licenses, restricting the practice of medicine to only doctors licensed in the state or states.

The bill also temporarily waives that, to allow for telemedicine to be conducted across states, but only temporarily.

[themodelplumber → dillonmckay]

Thanks! That's interesting, I didn't know about the state lines and billing issues.

[dillonmckay → themodelplumber]

I did not realize it either until a few days ago!