Julie Maestas didn’t know what she was going to do. Maestas, 48, lives at Camp Resolution in North Sacramento and has a Lifeline phone, which are typically free or low-cost from the government. The ...
Healthcare benefit services provider Medagate announced a partnership this week with ReadyWireless to offer free mobile phones to Medicaid members on its OTCMedicaid card platform. Medagate offers ...
A day before the California Public Utilities Commission was to vote on a rule that would have shrunken subsidies low-income residents use for phone and internet services, officials pulled the item ...
Some Android phones that are sold to low-income people who participate in the federally subsidized Lifeline program come laden with two types of potential malware, according to a new report by ...
Participation With Assurance Wireless Federal Lifeline Program Provides Eligible Healthfirst Members with Free Android™ Smartphone and No-Cost Cell Phone Service NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Healthfirst ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has closely followed state regulators’ concerns about the Lifeline program since they emerged last year. Critics on the Public Service Commission began discussing ...
Mary Jane Sanchez would be lost without her cell phone. The homeless Grand Junction woman uses the Verizon cell phone she received from her 27-year-old son at Christmas to talk to him often, after 9 p ...
Updates to California Lifeline have gotten the attention of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who alleged it “encourages unlawful entry ...
During the pandemic, California took major steps to boost cellphone and internet access to vulnerable communities throughout the state, especially to low-income households. In July 2021, Gov. Gavin ...