For other patients who live in rural areas who are homebound from severe illnesses, telehealth can be the difference between receiving care and receiving no care. My office recently heard a devastating story about one such patient in a Texas hospital who has stage four cancer and who has missed his last two appointments. This individual lives 45 minutes from care in the panhandle in North Texas and is a model patient for telehealth. But thanks to Senate Democrats, that is no longer an option for him. (05:47–05:59)
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Asserts that a stage four cancer patient missed appointments due to the shutdown.
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