U.S. Medicare outlays and forecast as a percentage of the GDP 2000-2031
Medicare outlays amounted to 917 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, which was about 4.36 percent of the U.S. GDP. The forecast predicts an increase in Medicare outlays up to 1.78 trillion U.S. dollars in 2031, which would be about 5.41 percent of the projected U.S. GDP.
