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Total Medicare spending 1970-2017
Total Medicare spending 1970-2017
Total Medicare spending from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
This statistic depicts total Medicare spending from 1970 to 2017. In 1970, some 7.1 billion U.S. dollars were spent on the Medicare program in the United States. Forty years later, this figure stood at some 521 billion U.S. dollars.
Total Medicare spending from 1970 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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| Total spending in billion U.S. dollars | |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 707.4 |
| 2016 | 694.5 |
| 2015 | 638.1 |
| 2014 | 600.3 |
| 2013 | 581.7 |
| 2012 | 550.1 |
| 2011 | 560.3 |
| 2010 | 521.2 |
| 2009 | 498.3 |
| 2008 | 455.1 |
| 2007 | 434.8 |
| 2006 | 380.5 |
| 2005 | 336.9 |
| 2000 | 219.3 |
| 1995 | 180.1 |
| 1990 | 109.7 |
| 1985 | 71.4 |
| 1980 | 35 |
| 1975 | 14.8 |
| 1970 | 7.1 |
| Total spending in billion U.S. dollars | |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 707.4 |
| 2016 | 694.5 |
| 2015 | 638.1 |
| 2014 | 600.3 |
| 2013 | 581.7 |
| 2012 | 550.1 |
| 2011 | 560.3 |
| 2010 | 521.2 |
| 2009 | 498.3 |
| 2008 | 455.1 |
| 2007 | 434.8 |
| 2006 | 380.5 |
| 2005 | 336.9 |
| 2000 | 219.3 |
| 1995 | 180.1 |
| 1990 | 109.7 |
| 1985 | 71.4 |
| 1980 | 35 |
| 1975 | 14.8 |
| 1970 | 7.1 |
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This statistic depicts total Medicare spending from 1970 to 2017. In 1970, some 7.1 billion U.S. dollars were spent on the Medicare program in the United States. Forty years later, this figure stood at some 521 billion U.S. dollars.
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- 1970 to 2017
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- * Data are for fiscal years.
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- Number of Medicare home health agencies in the U.S. from 1967 to 2016*
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