Senate Hearing Highlights FCC Efforts to Expand Broadband, Telehealth

There was a US Senate hearing recently on Federal Communications Commission policies and oversight. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai highlighted the agency’s recent actions to expand access to broadband and telehealth. These include increasing the annual funding cap for the Rural Health Care Program and proposing a $100 million pilot program to expand telehealth. FCC is accepting input on the design of the proposed pilot program through Sept. 10.