The FCC's Lifeline Assistance Program what created to assist with paying for home phone service in the 1985 for low income and the elderly. Since then cell phone service has been added and the program expanded paying 100% of these phone bills with little or no regulation or oversight of this program.
The price of cellular service is extremely low and can be as low as $10 a month. This program is being abused by the people it was intended to help and is just one of many burdens on the American tax payer and our economy.
There are many prepaid cell phone plans that are available at no cost to tax payers that should be utilized before giving away tax payers money.