What Would Be the Result of Conducting a "Means Test

question 38

Multiple Choice

What would be the result of conducting a "means test" for Social Security?

• A) wealthy individuals receiving higher benefits
• B) Medicare being eliminated for most Americans
• C) middle-class Americans receiving more benefits
• D) poor people having to prove that they need the money
• E) wealthy individuals receiving lower benefits

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