The document discusses the growing need for telemedicine due to increasing healthcare costs and provider shortages in the United States. It notes that patient wait times have doubled in major cities from 2009 to 2013. The document then outlines how telemedicine can help by connecting patients to providers regardless of location, unveiling unused provider capacity, and eliminating geographic barriers to care. It provides an example from the Commonwealth Fund showing telemedicine reduced hospitalization rates and saved $151,000 per nursing home annually. The remainder discusses expanding Medicare and private insurance coverage of telemedicine and how GoTelecare's telemedicine platform works.