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David Schweikert: “Telehealth may have been the most lobbied against policy if…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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Congressman David Schweikert: America Is Dying And What To Do About It

Published | Video Starts at 55:32

No, it just happens to be this spending program goes to conservative, this spending program goes to liberals. That's why they fight over it. It's about the money. And some of the greatest examples are when we did telehealth. Telehealth may have been the most lobbied against policy if it weren't for the pandemic. The expansion of telehealth was never going to happen. And why is that? Because it requires me, if currently to go to my doctor's office and hang out. It was less. (55:32–55:40)

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Asserts that telehealth expansion faced significant lobbying opposition before the pandemic.

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