Background information: GDP is the nation's gross domestic product, a measure of its total economic output. This graph was created by the Congressional Budget Office.

Government spending on Medicare and Medicaid
increased by _____ of GDP between 1965 and 2005.

The greatest increase in spending, by percentage,
occurred between _____

Background information GDP is the nations gross domestic product a measure of its total economic output This graph was created by the Congressional Budget Offic class=