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TVarnum

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Why are the Medicare and Medicaid programs so prominent in contemporary budget battles?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

___ More men than women tend to vote.
 
  Indicate whether this statement is true or false.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 9, 2018
Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
Note that Medicare and Medicaid are projected to consume larger percentages of GDP with each passing decade, and that if no reforms are enacted, Medicare spending alone will account for between 8 and 9 percent of the total U.S. economy.

Answer to Question 2

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