Suppose There Was a Debate Regarding Medicaid Budgets and the Democrat

question 60

Multiple Choice

Suppose there was a debate regarding Medicaid budgets and the Democrat was arguing for a budget increase from $400 billion to $500 billion and the Republican was arguing for the budget to increase to only $410 billion. Further suppose health care costs are projected to remain constant though the number of eligible people is projected to rise 10%. The Democrat accuses the Republican of proposing a cut to health care, the Republican insists his plan increases Medicaid spending. What is going on here?

• A)The Republican is cutting Medicaid only if you use current services budgeting.
• B)The Republican is cutting Medicaid only if you use baseline budgeting.
• C)Both are proposing increases. The Democrat is lying regardless of budgeting technique.
• D)Both are proposing cuts. They are both lying regardless of budgeting technique.

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