… the supplemental benefits that they give for chronically ill patients, which is now 34% of all beneficiaries. That's a doubling since last year. But they can't just give any food. They must give food that is nutritiously valuable to these chronic illnesses for the third of Americans who get them. And they have to meet the Dietary Guidelines, which will be released next year. So it allows us now to enhance the ability of purchasing the US Government's purchasing power … (13:47–13:53)
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Asserts that food provided must be nutritious for chronic illnesses affecting a third of Americans.
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