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What is an entitlement program? Provide an example of an entitlement program and analyze it from the standpoints of: purpose, recipient needs, potential benefits and disadvantages.

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The solution describes what a government entitlement program is. It then briefly analyzes one such program and provides a description of the program's purpose, recipient needs, potential benefits and disadvantages.

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Entitlement Program

What is an entitlement program? Basically, it is a government run program that provides assistance to individuals usually financially but can also be in the form of housing, food, and other kinds of services. Generally speaking, entitlement programs are benefits promised by law to individuals or families meeting certain requirements. Beneficiaries of entitlement programs can also be businesses and certain organizations, political parties, or local governments that benefit from federally funded programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security.

Legal Definition: "A federal program that guarantees a certain level of benefits to persons or other entities who meet requirements set by law, such as Social Security, farm price supports or unemployment benefits. It thus leaves no discretion with Congress on how much money to appropriate, and ...

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