Doctors “On-Call”: Federal Waivers During COVID-19 Lead to Telehealth Expansion in Arizona
By Hanna Reinke. From the early months of 2020, COVID-19 has wreaked havoc all across the world. In September, the United States alone surpassed a staggering 200,000 deaths related to the virus. While public health experts continue to work feverishly to implement policies that will not only slow COVID-19’s spread but also overhaul how healthcare is addressed amid pandemics, their proposals have faced pushback. In May, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down an emergency stay-at-home order which resulted in subsequent legal challenges to similar orders nationwide. Protests broke out in Michigan when absentee voting was expanded to avoid potential COVID-19 exposure at polling places. Litigation arose in Florida over the constitutionality of county-wide mask mandates. Thankfully, some policies have been more successful. Particularly, alterations to the Health Insurance Portability and…