Sort the following into cash transfer programs and in-kind transfers:
- social security
- SNAP
- TANF
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- housing assistance
- earned income tax credit (EITC)
A. cash transfers: social security, SNAP, TANF, and Medicare; in-kind transfers: Medicaid, housing assistance, EITC
B. cash tranfers: social security, housing assistance, Medicare, and Medicaid; in-kind transfers: EITC, SNAP, TANF
C. cash transfers: social security, EITC, TANF; in-kind transfers: Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, housing assistance
D. cash transfers: EITC, TANF, SNAP; in-kind transfers: social security, Medicare, Medicaid, housing assistance
Answer: C
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