Did you utilize telehealth with your Medicare providers in 2020?

This year has been a year of changes and constant “new normals” for most of us. While medical care obviously continues to be essential, telehealth has exploded in popularity as a way for people to receive some types of care without having to meet in-person with a medical provider.

The government made important changes last spring to make it easier for Medicare beneficiaries to use telehealth for a wide range of services. But telehealth obviously isn’t right for all types of medical care – you can’t have surgery via a video call. And some Medicare beneficiaries may not be comfortable with telehealth yet, for a variety of reasons.

If you’ve received medical care in 2020, we’d love to know whether telehealth has been part of it. Have you embraced it, tried it a time or two, or not used it at all yet? Tell us:

Did you utilize telehealth with your Medicare providers in 2020?

• Yes. I used it often during the year to communicate with my providers.
• Yes. I used it at least once to communicate with a provider.
• No. I didn’t use telehealth at all because it wouldn’t have been right for the care I needed.
• No. I didn’t use telehealth because I’m not comfortable with it yet.

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