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# Nominee to Head the Department of HHS Supports Telemedicine

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[ GlobalMed ](http://46259505.hs-sites.com/blog/author/globalmed)  20 January, 2017

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## Representative Tom Price says he believes telemedicine can increase access to healthcare.

Representative Price spent nearly four hours answering questions from members of the Senate Education, Health, Labor, and Pensions Committee today. The well-regarded Georgia orthopedic surgeon and Republican from that state was finally asked a question about telemedicine in the last ten minutes of the committee hearing. Senator Tim Scott brought up the successful telepsychiatry network in his state and asked Price what he thought about telemedicine:

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