Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has sent a draft order to FCC colleagues increasing the annual funding cap by $171 million for the Rural Health Care Program, which provides telecommunications and broadband services to rural communities supporting telemedicine.
Pai’s order would increase the annual cap from $400 million to $571 million, and it would take immediate action to address a funding shortfall and improve telemedicine in rural areas, according to the FCC.
