 Sila Calderón, the government tried to cut back on services and eliminated many participants from the program in an effort to curtail expenditures.However, the program still requires a substantial amount of funds to cover its $1.4 billion annual expenditures (2005).In 2005 alone, only $400 million was generated from participant deductibles and charges for services to cover program expenses, while the remaining $1 billion in expenses was covered by a subsidy provided by the state government.