Bills to Avoid ‘Telehealth Cliff’ Delayed by Higher Priorities

Lawmakers are struggling to push widely supported legislation that would end the “telehealth cliff” through a logjam created by their intense focus on President Joe Biden‘s more divisive priorities.

Senators have been pulling all-nighters to find common ground on the Democratic spending package that could expand Medicare and Medicaid, alongside negotiating Biden’s infrastructure bill, raising the U.S. debt ceiling, keeping the government from shutting down, and finding the time to breathe.

“There’s not much oxygen in the room, even for an issue of agreement,” said Kyle Zebley, vice president of public policy for the American Telemedicine ...