The AMA and more than 300 other physician, health care and patient organizations are calling on the U.S. Senate to follow the example set by a bipartisan 416–12 vote in the House of Representatives and continue regulatory and payment telehealth flexibilities for at least two years.

Access through telehealth “has been transformational—patients now expect and often prefer telehealth as a key component of our health care system,” says the letter, which notes that doctors and other health care organizations “have been able to reach many patients that previously had access barriers through virtual care.”

My latest for the AMA. Read the whole shebang.