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Medicare as a share of Federal Budget Outlays, and as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 1990-2020 Download Source CBO Budget and Economic Outlook, January 2011 (for 1990-2010 data) and May 2013 (for 2020 data).
Medicare Benefit Payments By Type of Service, 2012 Download Source Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Medicare Baseline, May 2013.
Medicare’s Share of National Personal Health Expenditures, by Type of Service, 2012 Download Source Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Expenditure Projections 2011-2021, June 2012.
Distribution of Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries and Medicare Spending, 2009 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the CMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Cost and Use File, 2009.
Annual Change in Per Enrollee Medicare and Private Health Insurance Spending, 1970-2011 Download Source Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group: National Health Expenditure Historical Data, 2013.
Sources of Medicare Revenue, 2012 Download Source 2013 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
Historical and Projected Average Annual Growth Rate in Medicare Spending Per Capita and Other Measures Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of data from Boards of Trustees, Congressional Budget Office, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Census Bureau.
Medicare Part A Trust Fund Balance at Beginning of the Year, as a Percentage of Annual Expenditures, 2012-2026 Download Source 2013 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
Solvency Projections of the Medicare Part A Trust Fund, 1970-2013 Download Source Intermediate projections from 1970-2013 Annual Reports of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
As the country gears up for implementation of the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), June's Kaiser Health Tracking Poll takes a step back and examines views on health insurance more broadly among some key subgroups, including young adults, the uninsured, and those with pre-existing conditions. The poll finds that the large majority of Americans want and value health insurance.
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