Word: medicaid
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...result, however, was far from a ringing endorsement of Reagan's New Federalism proposals. The keystone of the Reagan plan was that the Federal Government would assume all costs of the fast-growing $30 billion Medicaid program, which benefits some 22 million poor people. In return, the states would take over the full burden of the nation's basic welfare program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, which costs about $13 billion a year, and pick up the entire tab for the $ 11 billion food stamp program...
...President's foray into the Midwest was designed partly to take television time and headlines away from his critics. He had intended to talk only about his New Federalism proposals, which would have the Federal Government assume the full costs of Medicaid and give the states more than 40 programs, including food stamps and welfare. But when Reagan's critics charged that the President had proposed the New Federalism to take attention away from his economic problems, White House aides urged Reagan to confront the spending furor directly. "It's better to face it than...
...Medicaid assistance, which goes to 22 million people, would also fall in 1983 compared with 1982, but would rise slightly if measured in 1977 terms. Budgeted expenditures of $17 billion for 1983 are down 6% from the current year. In noninflated dollars, however, the outlays would still be up 3% from the level of six years...
Nearly 26 million Americans are eligible for Medicare, Medicaid's larger sibling. This program would grow in size next year, although at a slower rate than previously. Outlays of $55.4 billion would be up 11% in 1983 over 1982. That increase compares with gains of 17% in 1982 and 21% in 1981. After inflation is taken into account, Medicare expenditures in the next fiscal year would be 50% higher than...
...outlook for continued monetary restraint, reduced inflation and economic growth." To begin with, the estimate that the fiscal 1982 figure will stay a hair below $100 billion depends on the highly dubious assumption that Congress will enact further cuts in such programs as food stamps, welfare, Medicare and Medicaid to take effect in the remaining eight months of the year. The $91.5 billion projection for fiscal 1983 assumes not only that the legislators will accept all of Reagan's proposed reductions in social spending, but that the Administration can save $20.3 billion through "management initiatives," some of which seem...