Episode 10 - Telemedicine: How Health Insurance Providers Blocked Innovation

In Episode 10, Dr. Elisha Yaghmai continues telling the story of the history of Telemedicine in America and the role he played in it. In episode 9, Elisha shared how he came up with the idea of using untapped technology to solve access to healthcare in rural communities.

But health insurance blocked their progress, refusing to offer coverage (and thus payment) again, and again, and again.

After several years of battling, Elisha and his team finally were able to get new legislation passed that required Insurance companies to cover telemedicine and teleheath in the State of Kansas, and which would be a president for getting coverage nationwide the following year.

Hear all about their battle and how they finally won in this episode.

Subscribe and get a peak behind the curtain of what really goes on in failing the American Healthcare System.

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Credits:

Dr. Elisha Yaghmai, M.D. - Host, Executive Producer

Jo O'Hanlon - Host, Set Design, Producer

Monica Salmeron - Director, Producer

Ben Laffen - Videographer

Austin Engler - Video Editor

Harmony Marketing - Marketing & Production

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Dear Healthcare, It’s You — A new podcast investigating the broken U.S. Healthcare system.

Why is it failing? How are you getting screwed over? Who is profiting? How can it change?

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