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Republicans in the House Appropriations Committee released a continuing resolution Tuesday that would preserve Medicare telehealth flexibilities for seven more weeks, narrowly averting an end-of-month deadline when the policy changes are set to expire.

Under the bill, the pandemic-era flexibilities, which include policies that remove geographic restrictions for telehealth and expand the types of clinicians who can provide virtual care, would be preserved through Nov. 21.

However, the continuing resolution makes no mention of extending more generous financial assistance for people who buy health plans on the Affordable Care Act exchanges. Extending the subsidies has been a major concern for Democrats, who have threatened to shut down the government if Republicans don’t

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