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Eric Boehm | 10.3.2024 7:00 AM

When Mike Abell's young son was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, a phone call proved to be a vital lifeline.

Today, that phone call might be illegal—thanks to some strict limitations that New Jersey places on telemedicine calls with doctors in other states.

"As parents of a child with cancer, you're already fighting an impossible journey," says Abell. Those rules, meanwhile, are only "making it harder."

At the other end of that phone call was Dr. Shannon MacDonald, a specialist in proton radiation therapy at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She treated Abell's son, Jun, who made a full recovery.

On one hand, modern medicine makes use of incredible, cutting-edge........

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