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Lawmakers calls for extending telemedicine flexibilities, object to proposed DEA rule

By The Hill  
   October 16, 2024

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate are calling for COVID-era flexibilities on telemedicine services to be extended to ensure access to 'necessary and life-saving treatments,' and are speaking out against a proposed rule reportedly being advanced by the DEA that would limit telemedicine prescribing. The proposed rule would reportedly require that no more than half of a prescriber's prescriptions be given through telemedicine. The rule would also reportedly make prescribing schedule II substances like Adderall virtually impossible.

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