本来は、貧困層の女性や子供に医療保護を提供するために創設された制度である、アメリカ低所得者医療扶助制度が、今日では、その予算の約3分の1を老人に費やしている。
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English Translation
        Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Honrai wa, hinkonsō no josei ya kodomo ni iryō hogo o teikyōsuru tameni sōsetsusareta seido de aru, Amerika tei shotokusha iryō fujo seido ga, kyō de wa, sono yosan no yaku san bunno ichi o rōjin ni tsuiyashiteiru.
    
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                本来
            
            
                (ほんらい)
            
        
        
            originally; primarily; essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself; proper; legal
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                貧困層
            
            
                (ひんこんそう)
            
        
        
            underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
        
    
            
                の
            
            
                (の)
            
        
        
            indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
        
    
            
                女性
            
            
                (じょせい、にょしょう)
            
        
        
            woman; female; feminine gender
        
    
            
                や
            
            
                (や)
            
        
        
            such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question
        
    
            
                子供
            
            
                (こども)
            
        
        
            child; children
        
    
            
                に
            
            
                (に)
            
        
        
            at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
        
    
            
                医療
            
            
                (いりょう)
            
        
        
            medical care; medical treatment
        
    
            
                保護
            
            
                (ほご、ほうご)
            
        
        
            care; protection; shelter; safeguard; guardianship; favor; favour; patronage
        
    
            
                を
            
            
                (を)
            
        
        
            indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
        
    
            
                提供
            
            
                (ていきょう)
            
        
        
            offer; tender; program sponsoring; programme sponsoring; furnishing; provisioning; supply
        
    
            
                為に
            
            
                (ために)
            
        
        
            for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of
        
    
            
                創設
            
            
                (そうせつ)
            
        
        
            establishment; founding; organization; organisation
        
    
            
                制度
            
            
                (せいど)
            
        
        
            system; institution; organization; organisation
        
    
            
                だ
            
            
                (だ)
            
        
        
            be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
        
    
            
                或
            
            
                (ある)
            
        
        
            a certain ...; some ...
        
    
            
                亜米利加
            
            
                (アメリカ)
            
        
        
            America; United States of America
        
    
            
                所得者
            
            
                (しょとくしゃ)
            
        
        
            income earner
        
    
            
                扶助
            
            
                (ふじょ)
            
        
        
            aid; help; assistance; support
        
    
            
                が
            
            
                (が)
            
        
        
            indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
        
    
            
                今日
            
            
                (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
            
        
        
            today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
        
    
            
                で
            
            
                (で、にて)
            
        
        
            indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
        
    
            
                其の
            
            
                (その)
            
        
        
            that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
        
    
            
                予算
            
            
                (よさん)
            
        
        
            estimate; budget
        
    
            
                約
            
            
                (やく)
            
        
        
            approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)
        
    
            
                三
            
            
                (さん、み)
            
        
        
            three; tri-
        
    
            
                分の
            
            
                (ぶんの)
            
        
        
            -th (e.g. one fifth)
        
    
            
                一
            
            
                (いち)
            
        
        
            one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
        
    
            
                老人
            
            
                (ろうじん)
            
        
        
            the aged; old person
        
    
            
                費やす
            
            
                (ついやす)
            
        
        
            to spend; to expend; to consume; to waste; to squander; to throw away; to devote
        
    Kanji
Readings: ホン、 もと
                        Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
                    Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
                        Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
                    Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい
                        Meanings: poverty, poor
                    Readings: コン、 こま.る
                        Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed
                    Reading: ソウ
                        Meanings: stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
                    Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
                        Meanings: woman, female
                    Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 さが
                        Meanings: sex, gender, nature
                    Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
                        Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
                    Readings: キョウ、 ク、 クウ、 グ、 そな.える、 とも、 -ども
                        Meanings: submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany
                    Readings: イ、 い.やす、 い.する、 くすし
                        Meanings: doctor, medicine
                    Reading: リョウ
                        Meanings: heal, cure
                    Readings: ホ、 ホウ、 たも.つ
                        Meanings: protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
                    Readings: ゴ、 まも.る
                        Meanings: safeguard, protect
                    Readings: テイ、 チョウ、 ダイ、 さ.げる
                        Meanings: propose, take along, carry in hand
                    Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 つく.る、 はじ.める、 きず、 けず.しける
                        Meanings: genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
                    Readings: セツ、 もう.ける
                        Meanings: establishment, provision, prepare
                    Reading: セイ
                        Meanings: system, law, rule
                    Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
                        Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
                    Readings: テイ、 ひく.い、 ひく.める、 ひく.まる
                        Meanings: lower, short, humble
                    Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
                        Meaning: place
                    Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る
                        Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
                    Readings: シャ、 もの
                        Meanings: someone, person
                    Readings: フ、 たす.ける
                        Meanings: aid, help, assist
                    Readings: ジョ、 たす.ける、 たす.かる、 す.ける、 すけ
                        Meanings: help, rescue, assist
                    Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
                        Meaning: now
                    Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
                        Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
                    Readings: ヨ、 シャ、 あらかじ.め
                        Meanings: beforehand, previous, myself, I
                    Readings: サン、 そろ
                        Meanings: calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
                    Readings: ヤク、 つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
                        Meanings: promise, approximately, shrink
                    Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
                        Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
                    Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける
                        Meanings: old man, old age, grow old
                    Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
                        Meaning: person
                    Readings: ヒ、 つい.やす、 つい.える
                        Meanings: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste