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Rosalind is 71 and lives 90 miles from the nearest hospital. Telehealth changed everything.
Rosalind T. · Pine Ridge, SD

"I didn't want to leave my home for a clinic visit. Now my home is the clinic."
Rosalind has lived on the same plot of land in the Pine Ridge community her entire life. Driving to the nearest in-network specialist used to mean a full day off and a borrowed truck.
A Meet Care Access advisor helped her switch to a telehealth-first marketplace plan that includes IHS coordination. Her cardiologist now visits her, virtually, every eight weeks from a screen in her kitchen.
'My grandkids set up the iPad,' she laughs. 'I do the rest.'
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