The digital health divide is working against many people on Medicare. How some groups want to address this 'urgent problem'

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The world of health care has gone digital in many ways, from having telehealth appointments to receiving bloodwork results to messaging your doctor to comparing Medicare plans. But many people on Medicare lack digital health literacy and digital health access.

The result for these Americans aged 65 and older due to this digital divide? Worsening health inequities and heightened health problems. Digital literacy and Internet connectivity have been dubbed “super social determinants of health.”