Medicare as a Share of the Federal Budget, 2012
Medicare as a Share of the Federal Budget, 2012 Download Source Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Medicare Baseline, May 2013.
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Medicare as a Share of the Federal Budget, 2012 Download Source Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Medicare Baseline, May 2013.
Projected Medicare Spending, 2013-2023 Download Source Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Medicare Baseline, May 2013.
Medicaid Costs are Shared by the States and the Federal Government Download Source SOURCE: Federal Register, January 21, 2014 (Vol. 79, No. 13), pp 3385-3388, at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-01-21/pdf/2014-00931.pdf.
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