CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
Key claim: The CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 (HR4206) would permanently expand Medicare telehealth coverage by removing geographic and originating-site restrictions and broadening eligible practitioners and services.
Abstract
(HR4206 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2025-06-26): Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Why this matters
Medicare’s telehealth flexibilities have been extended in short increments since the COVID-19 public health emergency, leaving providers and beneficiaries uncertain whether remote visits will remain covered. The CONNECT for Health Act would lock in permanent removal of geographic and originating-site limits and expand who can bill for telehealth, changing what services Medicare beneficiaries can access from home and which practitioners can deliver them. As a recurring bipartisan vehicle, its reintroduction signals continued congressional interest in permanence rather than another temporary patch.