FCC Maps Need Significant Correction To Expand Telehealth Access

Telehealth stakeholders, lawmakers and community members are sounding the alarm that the new broadband maps from the Federal Communications Commission, which will dictate Jobs Act funding for internet expansion, need to be significantly revamped -- as some communities are entirely missing from the maps -- to ensure the unserved and underserved are accurately represented. Increasing broadband access is viewed as pivotal to further expansion of virtual care. Community leaders, especial those representing rural areas or Indigenous nations, are asking the...