Why are the Medicare and Medicaid programs so prominent in contemporary budget battles?

What will be an ideal response?


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.

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Pan-Africanism is ________

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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