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Q Paragraph 1 Explain the difference between an age-based benefit program and an age-based entitlement program. Which programs for older adults are benefit programs and which ones are entitlements? Paragraph 2 Imagine yourself as a policy-maker debating with someone who want to convert age-based benefit programs to needs based programs. Would you go along with older adults receiving Social Security and Medicare based on need instead of age, why or why not?

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Programs that become available to senior adults based on their age as they grow old are the age-based benefits. Programs that are entitled to a senior adult based on their entitlement eligibility