In 2011, the first Baby Boomers reached what used to be considered “retirement age.” The youngest of...

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In 2011, the first Baby Boomers reached what used to be considered “retirement age.” The youngest of the Boomers are in their 50s, but the oldest Boomers are retiring in droves, creating a concerning growth in the elderly population and as a result, an increased demand on the health care system. For this assignment, complete the following:

Research government entitlement programs for the elderly population.
Write an informative research paper discussing these government entitlement programs at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Your paper should be 3–5 pages, excluding the cover page, abstract page, and reference page.
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Running Head: BABY BOOMERS		1
BABY BOOMERS		7
BABY BOOMERS
Abstract
Baby bloomer population is reaching towards their old age. The early bloomer population has reached the age of 60 and above. The late bloomer age has been in their 50s and moving to elderly state. Both federal and stat government have taken initiatives to support the elderly population of the baby bloomer population. The two such programs are Medicare and Medicaid. Medicaid is federal government funded program whereas Medicare is state funded program. there have been certain barriers which prevent elderly to have advantage of the program. the objective of this assignment is to understand the program.
Table of Contents
Government Entitlement Programs for the Elderly Population	3
Government Entitlement Program at National Level— Medicare	3
Government Entitlement Program at Local and State Level— Medicaid	4
Barriers in Getting Government Entitlement Services	5
References	6
Government Entitlement Programs for the Elderly Population
	There is sudden increase in population of child after Second World War. The children born between 1946 and 1964 is called baby boomer population. Oldest boomer population has already been in retired home and younger boomer population has reached retiring age. Twenty five percent of US population is baby boomer population. It has reached the age where government support and healthcare are needed to support this population at elderly age (Caring Transition, 2017). 
Sudden increase in elderly population needs pressurize government to take necessary steps to provide quality care to the elderly population (Gillbe, 2017). Medicare and Medicaid are the two federal government entitled programs, which cover the healthcare of the elderly population. These are state government authorized programs, which take care of elderly population. For example, California government provides adult day health care program, multipurpose senior service program, supplemental nutrition assistant program, support service program and family care provider support program (California Department of Aging, 2019). 
As suggested by Henchoz et al. (2019), despite being the popular belief that baby boomer are getting good facilities in their retirement in comparison to the earlier generation, but in reality, this population is struggling from depression, disability, chronic symptoms and chronic diseases. it is not early to say that the quality of health of boomer population is not as high as expected. The government-funded programs are supporting the elderly population to certain limit, yet there are certain factors, which prevents the population to enjoy the facilities.

In 2011, the first Baby Boomers reached what used to be considered “retirement age.” The youngest of the Boomers are in their 50s, but the oldest Boomers are retiring in droves, creating a concerning...

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