Why Are Social Security and Medicare Considered Highly Efficient Programs

question 33

Multiple Choice

Why are social security and Medicare considered highly efficient programs?

• A)Their integrated vertical structure.
• B)They have built-in sunset provisions.
• C)They are administered at the local level where government is more responsive to changes in the needs of beneficiaries.
• D)They do not require a large bureaucracy to administer them.
• E)Costs are shared by the state and federal government.

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