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How we can avoid the 'telehealth cliff'

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It's become common knowledge, at this point, that the flexibilities enabled by the federal government at the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency prompted an atmospheric jump in telehealth use. Tim Scott, R-S.C.,

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

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A potential constitutional basis for federal licensure could hinge on the Commerce Clause in Article I, which grants Congress the power “To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”. Michael Young cites the Court’s 1995 ruling in United States v. Tenth Amendment and “Police Power”.

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A Different Future Was Possible: Reflections on the US Pandemic Response

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But to focus on these failures risks forgetting the collective framing and collective policy response that dominated the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This dangerously obscures what went wrong and limits our political imagination for the future of the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging crises.

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