Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans ► FINCHANNEL

The FINANCIAL — At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, people often relied on telemedicine for doctor visits. Now, insurers are betting that some patients liked it enough to embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them, according to Kaiser. Priority Health in Michigan, for example, offers coverage requiring online visits first for nonemergency primary care. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, selling to employers in Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire, has a similar plan. “I would describe them as virtual first, a true telehealth primary care physician replacement product,” said Carrie Kincaid, viceThe FINANCIAL -- At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, people often relied on telemedicine for doctor visits. Now, insurers are betting that some patients liked it enough to embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them, according to Kaiser. Priority Health in Michigan, for example, offers ► The FINANCIAL Health&Beauty

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