Health & PharmaFederal spending file
Medicare
Health insurance for seniors. Paid for partly by the payroll tax taken out of every paycheck.
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What the money shows
The government spent $1836.7B on Medicare in 2025, which is 18% of all spending that year. Medicare outlays are up 75.5% from 2017. OMB history lists Medicare at 3.5% of federal outlays in 1970 and 18% in 2025. Department of Health and Human Services, the largest agency in this category, handles 100% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Health & Pharma.
Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables
$1.84T
Latest outlay
$18.05
Of each $100
+75%
Since FY2017
Health & Pharma
Mapped sector
Agencies spending it
Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.
Department of Health and Human Services$1.84T
Social Security Administration$0
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
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