Medicaid & health
Medicaid, children's health insurance, and public health: care for people who cannot afford it.
What the money shows
The government spent $1145.5B on Medicaid & health in 2025, which is 11.3% of all spending that year. Medicaid & health outlays are up 71.3% from 2017. OMB history lists Medicaid & health at 1.1% of federal outlays in 1962 and 11.3% in 2025. Department of Health and Human Services, the largest agency in this category, handles 77% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Health & Pharma.
Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables
Agencies spending it
Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.
Lobbying in this sector
Up to five leading health & pharma clients in the lobby register.
Share since 1962
OMB history plus live rows once ingested.
Bills moving money here
A sector-filtered doorway into the bills register.
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