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.
Define institutions. institutions synonyms, institutions pronunciation, institutions translation, English dictionary definition of institutions. Patterns of behavior which become established over the course of time. Sometimes used to refer to large organizations that have established codes of...