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The rest stop doctor’s appointment

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

When you were stuck at home last year, did you visit a doctor online? For some people, it was a convenient option; for others, it gave them potentially life-saving care from out of state. But what happens now that states are ending the lockdown-era provisions that made those telehealth visits possible? Katie Palmer (@katiempalmer), health tech correspondent at Stat News, explains. Read Katie’s story here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Rani Molla (@ranimolla) Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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When you were stuck at home last year, did you happen to visit a doctor online? I did, and

0:43.2

so did millions of Americans. For some people, it was a convenient option, and for

0:47.7

others, it gave them potentially life-saving care out of state. But what

0:52.2

happens now that states are ending those lockdown era provisions? Katie Palmer, a health

0:56.8

tech correspondent at Sat News, is here to explain. Hey, Katie, welcome to Rico

1:01.4

Daily. Thanks for having me on. So telehealth or online doctor's visits became

1:05.6

really popular during the pandemic, especially for those who moved at some

1:09.8

point during lockdown. Can you explain a little bit what was going on? Yeah, I

1:13.7

mean, I think we saw in the beginning of the pandemic, what has been really a

1:18.4

consistent increase in the use of telehealth? It exploded in April, which is

1:22.9

unsurprising when the most stringent lockdowns were in effect. And it's sort of tapered off

1:27.4

pretty quickly, but the overall increase has leveled out for the most part.

1:33.1

Claims data showing the telehealth use is at a level 38 times higher

1:37.9

about where it was pre-fandemic, according to a recent report. So it's really a dramatic change

1:42.8

in the way that Americans are accessing care. Other than, obviously, you can't go to anything

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