Some benefit but I would hazard the guess that it is at the expense of (again) those that work. My older brother cannot afford health insurance under Obama's rule and as such they are penalized out the wazoo. Neither can they afford to give employees health benefits in their small business so they have no employees.
It may well be that some "entitlements" are an extension of the "Great Society". Communal living was tried here in the early days of colonization and failed miserably. In closing I would say that it is one thing to have benefitted from an entitle program at some point in your life and quite another to live your entire life on them. Not right no matter one's political affiliation or lack thereof.
Well, until there is evidence about the length of time that one is on government programs, its all speculation. You know, me being a dirty liberal/democrat, I actually care about evidence (Im really not a liberal/democrat), unlike conservatives/republicans.

So, you may be right that dems are on government programs longer, but you may be wrong. I do not know what the evidence says about that. Thus, I can't speak on that.
As for your brother, if he couldn't afford insurance under Obamas plan, then he sure as shit can't afford insurance under any other private insurance program. But I guess the difference is that he is now being penalized for that. Sucks. Does he make too much for medicaid?