Medicare’s telehealth services are set to resume under the agreement to reopen the government, bringing back the pandemic-era service that allows doctors to conduct about 5% of Medicare’s overall ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People 65 and older can’t always travel to doctors’ offices easily. That makes Medicare coverage of telehealth a necessity for ...

Khanna said, "Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1. … We need to stand up to these Medicare cuts." The statement is ...

Medicare members could potentially lose their telehealth benefits next month, with temporary COVID-19 era expansions set to expire without action from Congress. If you’re on Medicare, you might have ...

With the federal government now reopened after more than a month, the recently passed House funding bill, H.R.5371, also restores critical telehealth access by extending Medicare flexibilities through ...

Unless extended by Congress, in-person visits will be required for telehealth services to diagnose, evaluate and treat mental health issues under Medicare beginning Oct. 1, 2025. These rollbacks could ...

The ongoing US government partial shutdown has unintended consequences for seniors and their doctors as most telehealth appointments are now no longer being covered by Medicare. That’s because without ...

Medicare beneficiaries stand to lose access to two key virtual care programs that the federal government has offered since the start of the pandemic if the government shuts down Tuesday at midnight.

Medicare may no longer cover telehealth services after Jan. 30, the deadline for the most recent extension of congressional appropriations. The loss of coverage would prevent over 1.3 million ...

ALBANY, N.Y., July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide), a 54-year-old non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs and well-being of our State's ...

Telehealth services boomed during the pandemic, but still provide care for remote doctor's appointments such as mental-health services and routine visits with primary-care physicians. Medicare's ...