Question

in particular, the legislation provides many new benefits, benefits like respite care and prescription drugs. since these have never been covered by medicare, we have no real way of knowing how much these services will cost … the program, after all, is to be paid for by the elderly themselves. so, we must control the costs of these new benefits, or we'll harm the very people we're trying to help. and yet, if administered with prudence, this program can, as i said, provide countless americans with peace of mind.—president reagan, 1988 the expansion of medicare directly contradicted which of president reagan's political platforms? reduction of federal taxes elimination of governmental controls over business reduction of government elimination of medical insurance requirements

Answer 1

It was President Reagan who had promoted and signed the Expansion of Medicare but then, he noted that this has also some limitations in which he warned the next leaders which is to control the costs of this program. Therefore, what directly contradicted his political platforms is the elimination of medical insurance requirements.