Clearly, this is a difficult population to reach. |
In October, we were at about 15 states, now we're up to 38 states. So, clearly, we've made a lot of progress since then. |
It is a hard population to reach, which is why we continue to do our outreach. |
The purpose of the increase is to maintain buying power. The amount of the increase is set by the U.S. Congress and it's based on Department of Labor statistics, in particular, the consumer price index. |
This is a difficult population to reach. That's why we are going to continue working hard?. We're determined. |
We could not arbitrarily do this on our own. This is an issue that Congress will have to decide. |
We will be looking carefully at the recommendations. |