Alan bjerga of Bloomberg News. It is a 21 billion a year program. How many people does that reach and what is the amount of assistance at each one of the individual recipients in the program gets . It has gone from the 20 million level and its been 70 billion now. It affects 40 one million americans. That is about one out of every eight. During the recession at one point it was one out of seven. You have seen the number go down. The amount of money people get can very much vary. Some people get very small checks. It is based on what your income level is and what youre need may be at the time. Host what are you allowed to spend benefits on and what cant you spend it on . Spend it onannot cigarettes or alcohol or nonnutritious foods. You cannot spend it on hot meals. This is a subsidy for Grocery Store purchases. There are no other real restrictions on what you can get. That is different from some other different programs. Other than those things, you can buy what you want. Host you ment
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On April 19, 2021, HHS OIG Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi A. Grimm gave the keynote address at the Health Care Compliance Association’s 25th Annual Compliance Institute wherein she highlighted 10 key compliance priorities that will drive much of OIG’s work in the coming year and beyond. While these priorities do not represent OIG’s full work plan and there are other core areas OIG is focused on, the compliance priorities include: (1) Overseeing COVID-19 Relief and Response; (2) Realizing the Potential of Telehealth (3) Ensuring Quality of Care and Patient Safety in Nursing Homes; (4) Advancing Health Equities; (5) Modernizing Program Integrity and Compliance Information; (6) Combating the Substance Use Disorder Epidemic; (7) Prioritizing Cybersecurity; (8) Information Blocking Enforcement; (9) Implementing Value-Based Care; and (10) Strengthening Managed Care Program Integrity