ET Walmart Is Accused of Helping Fuel Opioid Crisis: Live UpdatesJustice Department sues Walmart, saying it fueled the nation’s opioid crisis. The relief bill expands aid to nursing homes from a H.U.D. It would allow nursing homes posting operating losses because of the pandemic to get emergency loans to cover mortgage payments, insurance and property taxes. Nursing homes have borne the brunt of the crisis, reporting more than 100,000 deaths related to the pandemic. In 2018, the program incurred its worst loss when a chain of nursing homes in Illinois defaulted on $146 million in mortgages.

Source: New York Times December 22, 2020 12:28 UTC