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Telehealth companies spent $111 million on TV ads in 2023

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Direct-to-consumer telehealth companies have become omnipresent across just about all media formats.
The companies’ advertising typically emphasizes convenience in a health care system that’s often just the opposite.
They promise judgment-free birth control or care for conditions like erectile dysfunction and hair loss that have traditionally been stigmatized.
Reshma Ramachandran has conducted a secret-shopper study of telehealth sites.
She says she’s frustrated at the “very groovy, glossy” picture painted by telehealth ads.
Last year , Sen. Dick Durbin introduced legislation to regulate some telehealth advertising practices.
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