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Medicare patients who rely on telehealth left in limbo because of government shutdown

Medicare patients have embraced telehealth -- it's convenient and efficient. But many can't get it during the government shutdown.

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Yuki Noguchi is a correspondent on the Science Desk based out of NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. She started covering consumer health in the midst of the pandemic, reporting on everything from vaccination and racial inequities in access to health, to cancer care, obesity and mental health.