Expand telehealth services and invest in broadband infrastructure to connect patients with providers regardless of distance.

Ami Bera · California · Democratic

spending impact 0.76 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 99%

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Occurrences

Expand telehealth services and invest in broadband infrastructure to connect patients with providers, regardless of distance

Committed to telehealth expansion and broadband investment for rural care access.

Healthcare
primary · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

The 118th Congress Congressional Record index for Ami Bera lists an entry for "expand access to telehealth services (see H.R. 4189)," showing he actively pushed telehealth expansion in Congress.

Official congressional index ties Bera to legislation expanding telehealth access.

partial later_term A for effort

BERA, AMI (a Representative from California) | Congressional Record Index | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 89%

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Bera's FY2026 community project requests include the North Sacramento Technology Center, described as a "transformative digital equity hub" providing technology access, workforce development, educational programming, and public infrastructure investment.

Official appropriations request shows Bera backing a connectivity and technology-access project, but it is not a direct broadband buildout record.

partial later_term A for effort

Fiscal Year 2026 Requested Projects | U.S. Representative Ami Bera
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 63%

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Assessments

delivered later_term A for effort

The promise had two linked federal outcomes: telehealth expansion and broadband/connectivity investment. Bera materially advanced telehealth expansion through federal legislation, including later-term congressional work tied to H.R. 4189, and backed connectivity/digital-access investments through appropriations requests. More broadly, Congress enacted major telehealth expansions during the COVID-19 period and major broadband infrastructure investments later through federal legislation while Bera remained in the House. Because the broadband/connectivity component is best shown as later-term delivery rather than fully completed in the 2019-2021 term, the timing is later_term. Candidate credit is sufficient for delivery because he was an active federal legislator supporting and advancing the policy area, though not the sole actor.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%