Medicare enrollment from 1966-2021, by type of beneficiary
This statistic shows the enrollment figures in the Medicare program from 1966 to 2021, by type of beneficiary. In 2011, there were over 40 million who benefited from Medicare due to their age, while a further 8.5 million benefited on grounds of disability. By 2021, while numbers of Medicare beneficiaries due to age have grown to 55.1 million, number of enrollees due to disability have remained roughly the same and was also 8.3 million in 2021.
