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Demographic Trends and Social Policy Social Security and Medicare Political Landscape –1970s: older adults began to be portrayed as scapegoats concerning government resources Because of tremendous growth of federal dollars expended on them Older adults portrayed as highly politically active, fiscally conservative, and selfish. –1983: Congress made considerable changes in the name of intergenerational fairness. Changes in Social Security, Medicare, the Older Americans Act, and other programs and policies