Broadband subsidies for rural Americans are ending, putting telehealth at risk
FORT HALL RESERVATION, Idaho — Myrna Broncho realized just how necessary an internet connection can be after she broke her leg.
In the fall of 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 was holding it was my sock.”
Broncho arm-crawled back to her house to reach her phone. She hadn’t thought to take it with her because, she said, “I never really dealt with phones.”
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/06/03/nx-s1-4978902/affordable-connectivity-program-broadband-rural-telehealth
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$35 last month, $70 now. 