"Entitlement" seems to me to more closely fit Social Security and Medicare because those who have participated in these programs have earned the right to receive benefits. Taken together, they are a government-sponsored and administered retirement investment program.
Medicaid, OTOH, is charity. I am not saying it should not exist, merely that in current budget discussions it is clumped with programs which are quite different.
JMHO.
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Medicaid, OTOH, is charity. I am not saying it should not exist, merely that in current budget discussions it is clumped with programs which are quite different.
JMHO.
I am frequently unsure of whether a post really belongs in the "political" or "money" forum.