Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
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Chapter 32, Problem 11IAPA
To determine
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The way healthcare programs, and social security benefitsinitiate the spending and the deficit and the way healthcare programs create fiscal and generational imbalance.
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