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貧困層
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 貧困層.
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underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
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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。
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.
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