A vital broadband services program for rural healthcare providers could be at risk if the Supreme Court decides it violates constitutional requirements.

Supreme Court justices are expected to issue its ruling in June of this year on whether the Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority in allowing the Universal Service Fund (USF) to subsidize these services for rural hospitals and other healthcare facilities, schools, libraries, and low-income individuals. From 2021 to 2023, the USF funded over $1.6 billion in broadband access for all states.

Read the full article in Becker’s Healthcare, May 27, 2025.