For the first time in our nation’s history, there is now a federal department spending an average of more than $100 billion per month.
No, it is not the Department of Defense, which is charged with the core federal responsibility of defending us from foreign enemies.
It is the Department of Health and Human Services, which, if Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has his way, will run the “Medicare for All” program.
As it now stands, HHS runs Medicare for many and Medicaid for more.
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“In 2019, the program will cover an estimated 61 million persons (52 million aged and 9 million disabled),” the Congressional Research Service said of Medicare in a report published in May.
Read about Medicaid in New World Encyclopedia here
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Medicaid
Read about Medicare in New World Encyclopedia here
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Medicare_(United_States)