The federal healthcare spending program that specifically targets the poor is called

A) Medicaid.
B) Medicare.
C) National Institutes of Health.
D) Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

Medicaid is the program designed to provide health care services to low-income individuals and families, which directly targets the poor. Medicare, on the other hand, is aimed primarily at people over the age of 65, regardless of income. The National Institutes of Health is a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for biomedical and public health research, not direct healthcare services. Blue Cross/Blue Shield is a federation of health insurance organizations and companies in the United States, not a federal healthcare spending program.