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and that includes many elderly who rely on radio and/or TV for information. My mom didn't have cell service until I put her on my plan with a simple flip phone that she would dutifully plug in once a week to charge (she has since passed away but would have been 96 this year). There are countless who have no relatives to share a plan.

And as cell providers continue to raise rates, many will not be able to afford even the basic service with a flip phone. And this assumes if federal subsidy programs like "Lifeline" don't get slashed with future budget requests aimed at removing more social safety net programs, in order to give that money to the rich and pay for ballrooms, arches, and golden statues.