Which of the Following Statements Is True of Medicaid?​

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of Medicaid?​ 

• A) Medicaid pays for health-care insurance for Americans aged sixty-five years and over. 
• B) The Medicaid program does not pay for nursing home expenses. 
• C) The cost of Medicaid has declined in the last decade. 
• D) Recent cost-containment measures have slowed the growth of Medicaid spending. 
• E) Medicaid is now the government's second-largest domestic spending program, after Social Security.

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