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Lacking a Lifeline: How a federal effort to help low-income Americans pay their phone bills failed amid the pandemic

An estimated 33 million American households are eligible to obtain federal aid under the program known as Lifeline -- but poor service, and years of government mismanagement and neglect mean few do.
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