I have heard that it can accumulate for up to a year. So, I don't really know. I would have to check. But, even if it is only allowed to accumulate for 3 months, that if even worse if there is a balance of 7K dollars because that would be far and above what a normal monthly allotment should be - even with the bump up because of covid.

As far as the demographic change in positions that involve interaction with the public, especially government welfare type offices and health care, it has been transitioning over the years to almost all bilingual. White non-Spanish speaking Americans have slowly been pushed out of these positions in favor of those that are bilingual because the majority of patients/consumers that utilize these services are non-English speaking - a large number of them are illegal. It is their children, born here in the States, that have been filling many of these jobs over the years. They are Americans and have just as much right to work as any other American. But, their bilingual abilities have given them an edge over others with the same qualifications. I am not blaming them. They did not set up this messed up situation - but, they most certainly have benefited from it.

Having worked in health care, I have seen this transition of front and back office personnel change to the point where English only is the minority. I have had to tell young people considering careers in health care that if they are going to survive in this field, they will have to learn Spanish. That is the sad reality of the state we are in - like it or not. This has been an invasion and for those of us that live in the Southwest, it is looking more and more like a foreign country every day and at times it is surreal.