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But that $111 billion in new programmatic spending that occurs in the first 5 years explodes in the next 4 years to 34 billion. for a 113percont Increase. That Is a 113percent increase over the initial spending periodanother explosive expansion of an entitlement program through the process of adding new benefits. In this area. we are talking about new benefits for disabled. Illegal immigrants. and new benefits for children of illegal immigrants. And so you have this dramatic increase in spending. When you combine these two proposals--the Presidents proposal in Medicare and the proposal in Medlcaldthe new spending accounts aggravate and compound the problem oven more dramatically.