Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110404:16:17:00
Really interesting -- it's 50 million americans. that's 16% of the u.s. population receiving medicaid. that number did spike when the great recession set its teeth in. the combined cost, $462 billion, that accounts for 13% of the federal budget. social security -- this is in 2010, these costs are both 2010 -- $724 billion for social security, 20% of the federal budget. there are tens of millions of americans who receive these entitlements. then when you talk about how much they cost, that's why you see there's so much debate in congress. >> lot of people going to be paying attention to those d...
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