U.S. healthcare spending. As of 2018 Medicare expenditure was approximately the same expenditure as the U.S. defense budget at around 15 percent of the overall federal budget. Comparatively, Social Security accounted for about 24 percent of the U.S. federal budget during that time.
Medicare is a major part of Major U.S. program outlays as a share of the federal budget from 2010 to 2018
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (August 19, 2019). Major U.S. program outlays as a share of the federal budget from 2010 to 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/246923/us-major-programs-as-a-share-of-the-federal-budget/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Major U.S. program outlays as a share of the federal budget from 2010 to 2018." Chart. August 19, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246923/us-major-programs-as-a-share-of-the-federal-budget/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2019). Major U.S. program outlays as a share of the federal budget from 2010 to 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/246923/us-major-programs-as-a-share-of-the-federal-budget/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Major U.S. Program Outlays as a Share of The Federal Budget from 2010 to 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246923/us-major-programs-as-a-share-of-the-federal-budget/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Major U.S. program outlays as a share of the federal budget from 2010 to 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/246923/us-major-programs-as-a-share-of-the-federal-budget/ (last visited May 16, 2022)