Above all, he aims at the core of the problem, the ever-rising cost of health care for the elderly.

对他而言，重中之重在于问题的核心——逐步攀升的老年人医疗支出。

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Around the time I started grade school, Lyndon B. Johnson expanded the generational compact to include health care for the elderly.

当我开始上小学的时候，林登·b·约翰逊将这个契约扩大到包括给老年人的健康保健。

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Without radical change to America's entitlements, whose largest items are pensions and subsidised health care for the elderly, the looming threat of a budget crisis will remain.

没有根本改变美国的权利——其最大的项目是老人的养老金和医疗补贴，预算危机的潜在威胁将依然存在。

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It arrived quickly. But ninety percent has gone to health care for the elderly and education programs.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Mr.Obama sought to dispel the notion that he wants the federal government to control all health care, or that he plans to radically cut the government program that already subsidizes medical care for the elderly.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

At a news conference,Wednesday members of the Congressional Black Caucus and officials of groups representing African-Americans and other minorities criticized what they called "lies" circulated by opponents of health care reform including suggestions that it is socialism and would reduce care for the elderly.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Above all, he aims at the core of the problem, the ever-rising cost of health care for the elderly.

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Even as home health care for the elderly became professionalized, those women continued to be categorized as companions, not eligible for minimum wage or overtime.

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When America created Social Security (pensions) in 1935 and Medicare (health care for the elderly) in 1965, these big measures enjoyed at least some bipartisan support.

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