Kim Hart

WaPo's New Worry for Elderly: No More TV Come Next February

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It's a looming crisis for the country's aged, worthy of front-page coverage in today's Washington Post.

Is it the classic pay the heating bill or buy groceries quandary? No. The media-hyped dilemma of whether to buying gasoline or fill prescriptions? Good guess, but no. It's, wait for it, millions of elderly people with equally elderly TV sets facing a boob tube-less doomsday come next February!

I know what you're thinking. "Isn't there a government handout in the works so that people can get buy digital converters for their analog sets?"

How heartless of you! Post staffer Kim Hart explains why this program is just not enough.: