The program costs about $432 billion, or 3.2% of GDP, in 2007. Medicaid is a social welfare (or social protection) program that serves about 40 million people (as of 2007) and costs about $330 billion, or 2.4% of GDP, in 2007.
plural institutes. Learner's definition of INSTITUTE. [count] : an organization created for a particular purpose (such as research or education) They founded an institute for research into the causes of mental illness. an art institute. a technical institute.
The Art Institutes system is established when Education Management Corporation buys The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. The Art Institutes expand by acquiring other art colleges, growing to around 20 campuses. The Art Institutes jumps from 30 locations in 2006 to 50 locations. The Art Institutes parent company EDMC is investigated and sued by the United States Department of Justice for illegal recruitment practices and the fraudulent receipt of 11 Billion of federal financial aid.