Both Social Security and Medicare Are Pay-As-You-Go Programs

question 220

Multiple Choice

Both Social Security and Medicare are pay-as-you-go programs.This means that:

• A) current taxpayers fund the benefits that are currently paid out.
• B) future beneficiaries contribute to a pool of funds today that will be used to pay for their benefits in the future.
• C) the government pays for the benefits as the beneficiaries go into the system.
• D) beneficiaries pay for the programs as they go into them.

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