A Majority of Adults Have 
A Pew Research Center survey conducted Nov. 28-Dec.5 2012 found that 55% of Americans have received government benefits from at least one of the six best-known federal entitlement programs. (In addition to Social Security and Medicare, they are unemployment benefits, food stamps, Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, commonly referred to as “welfare.” Of the major programs, unemployment benefits and Social Security are the most used.)
A Majority of Adults Have  | Received Majority Benefits  | % of all adults who have fever received benefitsor  | services from at least one of the SocialSecurity following six  | federalentiflement Medicare programs: SocialSecurity  | Medicare benefts Medicaid, programs: welfare, unemployment SocialSecurity  | benefts or food stamps  | Ever received  | benefits  | 55%  | 45%  | Never  | received  | Note: Based on total sample N=2,511,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER  | GOV 