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The USA has some of the highest costs of medical care in the world. Telemedicine has been proposed as an affordable alternative to traditional in-person care, increasing access to medical services. ⋯ This viewpoint discusses the equity implications of the expansion of direct-to-consumer telemedicine-only medical care or care, which takes place entirely in the virtual realm, often with no requirement for a previous patient-provider relationship. We propose an approach to digital health that looks beyond digital literacy and access to technology to consider systemic challenges to equitable implementation.