This slideshow examines trends in U.S. health spending over time, including the share of household budgets devoted to health expenses and comparisons of out-of-pocket expenditures to money spent on insurance through 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The data shows that U.S. heath spending outpaced the country’s economic growth before slowing in recent years, and that health insurance represents a growing share of total health expenditures, particularly public programs.

The slideshow is part of the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker, an online information hub dedicated to monitoring and assessing the performance of the U.S. health system.