A bipartisan group of 30 U.S. Senators are urging the Federal Communications Commission to increase the funding cap for a program aimed at improving health care in rural areas. In a letter to the FCC chairman, the Senators addressed the shortage of broadband connectivity for rural health care providers. The Rural Health Care Program has been available since 1997, but has never received an increase in funding.
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