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we’re the government and we’re here to help. what do you mean you can’t use a computer?

Posted on 14Nov05 by jessamyn

Rochelle has just given a great example about why the digital divide and technology skills are so damned important. How do you choose one of the over sixty Medicare prescription drug plans? By typing in all of your prescription information into a complicated buggy jargon-filled web page of course.

Posted in accessTagged digitaldivide, informationpoor, libraries, medicare

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