claim: "hospitals are closing in rural america because they don't have access to high-speed internet."
author: marsha blackburn
evidence_1: “whoever it is, they've got to be in contact with us as much as they are with the  big cities.” ... whether to tackle richland's health care or high-speed internet  needs first. ... democrats say the closings of hospitals such as stewart-webster  are directly tied ... “if we don't get health care, we're going to starve the children ( of other ...
evidence_2: jun 8, 2016 ... mignon clyburn, an f.c.c. commissioner, discusses the agency's efforts to ... or  34 million people, lack access to what we define as high-speed internet. ... in  rural areas, people get the business issues and we have things like the ... too  many of us don't have the sensitivity of that and say things like “these ...
evidence_3: dec 7, 2017 ... ... students, businesses, hospitals, schools, and anyone in need of information. ...  there are about 24 million rural americans who don't have access to broadband.  it ... the rural broadband gap exists because it is difficult to find a way to ...  700mhz can be used to broadcast high-speed internet as far as ten ...
evidence_4: mar 29, 2017 ... report sees broadband access as a key to allowing rural hospitals to embrace  telehealth. ... roughly 40 percent of rural americans still lack access to broadband  internet. ... when accessed via a high-speed, reliable broadband network,” he  adds. ... “as one physician observes, 'you don't have the volumes.
evidence_5: jan 25, 2018 ... with their focus toward closing the rural connectivity gaps, connect ... they live —  deserve access to high-speed internet," said richard t. ... "our businesses and  our people don't have the same connectivity and access to the internet as ... in  kansas, 64 percent of hospitals are in rural areas, and broadband ...