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What were the purposes of Medicare and Medicaid?
to offer health screenings for pregnant women

to offer health screenings for school-aged children

to provide prescriptions for the elderly and poor

to provide health care for the elderly and poor

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Answer: To provide health care for the elderly and poor.

Explanation:

The Social Security Amendments of 1965, was legislation that resulted in the formulation of Medicare and Medicaid, the United States' first public health insurance programs.  Signed into law on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson, this act was part of his Great Society, and it started a time of great accent on public health matters.

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The purposes of Medicare and Medicaid been created as part of great society program is provide health care for the elderly and poor.

What legislation created the health program?

The passing of the Social Security Amendments led to the creation of the Medicare and Medicaid program.

These program are the first public health insurance programs in United states that is intended to provide a health care for the elderly and poor.

Therefore, the Option D is correct.

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