End of pandemic internet subsidies threatens a health care lifeline for rural America
By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News
Myrna Broncho realized just how necessary an internet connection can be after she broke her leg.
In fall 2021, the 69-year-old climbed a ladder to the top of a shed in her pasture. The roof that protects her horses and cows needed to be fixed. So, drill in hand, she pushed down.
That’s when she slipped.
Broncho said her leg snapped between a pair of ladder rungs as she fell, “and my bone was sticking out, and the only thing... Читать дальше...