The program has grown even before the new health care law adds about 16 million people, beginning in 2014. More than 40 million people get food stamps.
Close to 10 million receive unemployment insurance
The federal price tag for Medicaid has jumped 36% in two years, to $273 billion.
Jobless benefits have soared from $43 billion to $160 billion.
The food stamps program has risen 80%, to $70 billion.
Welfare is up 24%, to $22 billion.
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