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heavily on federal government programs for assistance in combatting the soaring costs of health care. Medicare is the primary health care program aiding older Americans. Health needs of the elderly poor are provided for by Medicaid. Both programs have been reduced under the Reagan Administration, with $210 million (five percent) cut from the Medicare program in Virginia and almost $40 million (seven percent) from Medicaid.
Elderly women and minorities in Virginia have suffered disproportionately from these cuts, because they have unusually low income. (In 1982 the median income for elderly
83.7%