Congress has made permanent a pandemic-era telehealth provision for millions of Americans with high-deductible health plans.

President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) on July 4, 2025. The telehealth safe harbor, which allowed first dollar coverage of telehealth services without impacting Health ...

Initially, this expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage was supposed to end on Dec. 31, 2024. As that deadline approached, Congress passed the American Relief Act, which was signed into law by ...

Tricare's telehealth coverage also extends to mental health appointments. Mental telehealth appointments can be especially convenient for users participating in talk therapy since the appointments ...

In February 2025, a rumor spread that Medicare would stop covering telehealth services — which allow patients to access health care remotely using digital technology — as of April 1, 2025. On ...

Lawmakers are looking to allow individuals in high-deductible health plans to once again use telehealth services without ...

Congress began allowing the virtual doctor visits with the 2020 pandemic relief law known as the CARES Act and extended the ...

Expanded telehealth coverage that began during COVID-19 now permanent in Arizona. Stephanie Innes Alison Steinbach. Arizona Republic. A new Arizona law could permanently expand statewide use of ...