Efforts by state and federal Republican lawmakers to scale back safety-net programs that support millions of families are reshaping health care and deepening the digital divide for low-income Americans. These lawmakers are limiting opportunities during a time of increasing inequality across the country.
Nowhere is this trend clearer than in states where President Trump is hugely popular, including Kentucky and Arkansas, where the president captured 62 and 60 percent of the vote respectively. In these states, access to Medicaid and Lifeline, an affordable internet program, are being stifled under the guise of innovation and cost-savings.
