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Janet Yellen: “It shows a picture in which, as our population ages, expenditures on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security grow more…”

On the recordNovember 28, 2017
It shows a picture in which, as our population ages, expenditures on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security grow more rapidly than tax revenues.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

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Yellen highlights the growing financial pressures from aging populations on social programs.

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