Total Medicare spending 1970-2023

Total Medicare spending from 1970 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)*

CharacteristicTotal spending in billion U.S. dollars
2023** 1,037
2022** 905.1
2021 839.4
2020 925.8
2019 796.1
2018 740.7
2017 710.2
2016 678.7
2015 560.3
2014 613.3
2013 582.9
2012 574.2
2011 549.1
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Total spending in billion U.S. dollars7.57.516.316.336.836.872.372.3111111184.2184.2221.8221.8336.4336.4522.9522.9549.1549.1574.2574.2582.9582.9613.3613.3560.3560.3678.7678.7710.2710.2740.7740.7796.1796.1925.8925.8839.4839.4905.1905.11,0371,037197019751980198519901995200020052010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022**2023**
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May 2024

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United States

Survey time period

1970 to 2023

Supplementary notes

* Data are for fiscal years.

**Includes (i) a transfer of $37.8 billion in calendar year 2020 from the general fund of the Treasury to Part B, which occurred in November of 2020 for the outstanding balance of the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payments (AAP) Program, as required by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act, and (ii) subsequent recoveries from providers that were transferred from Part B to the general fund of the Treasury in the amounts of $14.3 billion, $21.7 billion, and $1.7 billion in calendar years 2021 through 2023, respectively.

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