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Commentary After nearly four months of work, the FCCs Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP) is poised to launch. Nearly 750 providers are qualified to offer EBB-supported services, with discounts of up to $50 per subscriber ($75 in tribal areas) and equipment reimbursement of up to $100 available. The FCC recently conducted a webinar for consumer groups and outreach partners about the program, and USAC has been testing connectivity with eligible providers for the past couple of weeks. Earl...

Commentary In March, the FCC and USAC worked hard to stand up the first of three pandemic-related special programs, the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP). Rules for the $3.2 billion EBBP were adopted in February and the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) issued milestones in March for ETC election notices, non-ETC applications and applications to use alternative verification systems. Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel said in mid-March that over 100 applications or election notices were ...

The stimulus includes a child tax credit for parents to get up to $3,600 per child. Some Democrats are starting to call it "Social Security for kids."

Article content I read with much interest the two articles in last Tuesday’s Vancouver Sun, ‘Burnout besets pandemic front lines‘ and ‘The pandemic has taken a toll on those who care for seniors‘. While the authors have stated the obvious, they tell only half the story. What was missing was how the system and staff can decrease and/or prevent burnout. The authors did not provide a definition of burnout, and facilities vary in the degree of burnout. One good definition: “A prolonged ...

300,000 applicants still waiting for BC recovery benefit SHARE ON: The wait continues for hundreds of thousands of people hoping to get the BC recovery benefit. The province’s finance ministry says around 300,000 applications are being reviewed manually by staff. “As of Friday’s overnight run, we have processed over 226,000 applications that were formally on hold for review,” said ministry communications manager, Sonia Lowe. Promised by the NDP government during last October’s electio...

Affordable broadband is finally within reach Harin Contractor and Christopher Ali, opinion contributors © Getty Images Affordable broadband is finally within reach At the end of 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, a $1.4 trillion budget that included the largest public investment in broadband since the 2009 Recovery Act. Part of this $7 billion injection into broadband was the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a $3.2 billion program to be managed by ...

Drug. >> they want to get it to you to the doctor and have a conversation. and then there in the web of ringing. >> even then it is not clear what you might pay under insurance until now. president trump is proposed that the drug insurance companies have to offer in the doctors office a prescription drug real-time benefit program that will tell you what you pay for each drug. >> a lot going on. i wanted to pick up on something you said earlier in the context of the drug prices, the competition b...

Drug. >> they want to get it to you to the doctor and have a conversation. and then there in the web of ringing. >> even then it is not clear what you might pay under insurance until now. president trump is proposed that the drug insurance companies have to offer in the doctors office a prescription drug real-time benefit program that will tell you what you pay for each drug. >> a lot going on. i wanted to pick up on something you said earlier in the context of the drug prices, the competition b...

So it is like where are the lines. the president made a lot of inflammatory remarks from the campaign trail to the oval office. so it seems like a lot of these areas are dissolving. >> you know what, what one person says never makes what another person says okay. but it is important reporting. thank you. appreciate it very much. >> movie producer harvey weinstein has been indicted by a new york grand jury on rape and criminal sex act charges. these are charges that stem from incidents with two d...

$1 million cash bail last week. harvey weinstein will next be in court july 30th. and going to college just became more affordable for employees at walmart. the company announcing a new benefit program where employees can pay just a dollar a day to go to college. walmart says theyll cover the remaining costs for tuition, for fees and books, employees can pursue their degree at branman university, bellevue university or the university of florida, all three have online accredited programs for wo...