The huge new demands for Social Security benefits and medical payments under Medicare are largely due to
A. the population getting older.
B. increases in benefits in those programs.
C. the increasing numbers of young workers in the American economy.
D. recent changes to make the programs less generous.
E. None of these are correct.
Answer: A
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