[Historical Tables]
[Section 16 - Federal Health Spending]
[Table 16.1 - Total Outlays for Health Programs: 1962-2008]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 16.1--OUTLAYS FOR HEALTH PROGRAMS: 1962-2008
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In Billions of Dollars As Percentages of
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Federal Employees
Health Benefits
Fiscal Year Defense Medicare Medicare Veterans (FEHB) Other Total
Total Health (Excluding Premiums Medicaid Medical -------------------- Health Outlays GDP
Program Premiums) Care Gross
Outlays Income
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1962................................... 2.3 N/A .......... ........ 0.1 1.1 0.3 -0.3 1.1 2.1 0.4
1963................................... 2.6 N/A .......... ........ 0.2 1.1 0.4 -0.4 1.3 2.3 0.4
1964................................... 3.0 N/A .......... ........ 0.2 1.2 0.4 -0.4 1.6 2.5 0.5
1965................................... 3.1 N/A .......... ........ 0.3 1.3 0.5 -0.5 1.5 2.6 0.4
1966................................... 3.9 N/A 0.1 ........ 0.8 1.3 0.5 -0.5 1.8 2.9 0.5
1967................................... 7.5 N/A 3.4 -0.6 1.2 1.4 0.6 -0.6 2.2 4.8 0.9
1968................................... 10.5 N/A 5.3 -0.7 1.8 1.5 0.7 -0.7 2.6 5.9 1.2
1969................................... 12.4 N/A 6.6 -0.9 2.3 1.6 0.8 -0.8 2.9 6.8 1.3
1970................................... 13.9 N/A 7.1 -0.9 2.7 1.8 0.9 -0.9 3.2 7.1 1.4
1971................................... 15.5 N/A 7.9 -1.3 3.4 2.0 1.1 -1.1 3.5 7.4 1.4
1972................................... 18.6 N/A 8.8 -1.3 4.6 2.4 1.3 -1.3 4.1 8.1 1.6
1973................................... 20.1 N/A 9.5 -1.4 4.6 2.7 1.4 -1.4 4.7 8.2 1.5
1974................................... 23.3 N/A 11.3 -1.7 5.8 3.0 1.5 -1.5 5.0 8.7 1.6
1975................................... 29.4 N/A 14.8 -1.9 6.8 3.6 1.8 -1.8 6.1 8.9 1.9
1976................................... 35.6 N/A 17.8 -1.9 8.6 4.0 2.2 -2.3 7.2 9.6 2.1
TQ..................................... 9.2 N/A 4.8 -0.5 2.2 1.0 0.6 -0.6 1.7 9.6 2.0
1977................................... 41.3 N/A 21.5 -2.2 9.9 4.7 2.7 -2.7 7.5 10.1 2.1
1978................................... 46.5 N/A 25.2 -2.4 10.7 5.2 3.0 -3.1 7.9 10.1 2.1
1979................................... 52.6 N/A 29.1 -2.7 12.4 5.6 3.2 -3.3 8.2 10.4 2.1
1980................................... 65.4 3.7 35.0 -2.9 14.0 6.5 3.6 -3.6 9.2 11.1 2.4
1981................................... 77.8 4.8 42.5 -3.3 16.8 7.0 4.3 -4.3 10.0 11.5 2.5
1982................................... 87.3 5.8 50.4 -3.9 17.4 7.5 5.0 -5.0 10.1 11.7 2.7
1983................................... 95.9 6.4 56.8 -4.3 19.0 8.3 5.7 -5.9 9.9 11.9 2.8
1984................................... 103.6 6.8 62.5 -4.9 20.1 8.9 6.6 -6.7 10.4 12.2 2.7
1985................................... 117.1 8.2 71.4 -5.6 22.7 9.5 6.5 -6.8 11.2 12.4 2.8
1986................................... 124.8 8.9 75.9 -5.7 25.0 9.9 6.6 -6.8 11.2 12.6 2.8
1987................................... 135.4 10.1 81.6 -6.5 27.4 10.2 7.3 -7.1 12.3 13.5 2.9
1988................................... 145.1 10.9 87.7 -8.8 30.5 10.8 8.7 -9.0 14.4 13.6 2.9
1989................................... 156.3 11.6 96.6 -11.6 34.6 11.3 9.1 -11.0 15.7 13.7 2.9
1990................................... 180.4 12.4 109.7 -11.6 41.1 12.1 11.0 -12.2 17.8 14.4 3.1
1991................................... 202.7 14.2 116.7 -12.2 52.5 12.9 12.4 -13.4 19.6 15.3 3.4
1992................................... 237.0 14.4 132.3 -13.2 67.8 14.1 13.9 -14.3 22.1 17.2 3.8
1993................................... 259.9 15.2 145.9 -15.3 75.8 14.8 14.6 -15.5 24.5 18.4 4.0
1994................................... 282.6 15.1 162.5 -17.7 82.0 15.6 15.5 -16.2 25.7 19.3 4.1
1995................................... 307.1 15.4 180.1 -20.2 89.1 16.4 15.9 -16.2 26.7 20.3 4.2
1996................................... 325.6 15.4 194.3 -20.0 92.0 16.6 16.1 -15.7 26.9 20.9 4.2
1997................................... 346.4 15.5 210.4 -20.4 95.6 17.1 16.6 -15.9 27.6 21.6 4.2
1998................................... 357.3 15.6 213.6 -20.7 101.2 17.5 17.2 -16.7 29.7 21.6 4.1
1999................................... 365.8 16.2 212.0 -21.6 108.0 18.1 18.5 -18.0 32.6 21.5 4.0
2000................................... 388.9 17.8 219.0 -21.9 117.9 19.5 19.6 -19.7 36.8 21.7 4.0
2001................................... 429.5 19.0 241.1 -23.7 129.4 20.9 20.8 -21.5 43.6 23.0 4.3
2002................................... 473.1 23.5 256.8 -26.0 147.5 22.2 22.7 -23.6 49.9 23.5 4.6
2003 estimate.......................... 516.9 25.8 272.9 -28.3 162.5 23.4 26.2 -26.8 61.2 24.2 4.8
2004 estimate.......................... 558.7 27.2 289.9 -31.0 182.5 26.0 28.7 -29.5 64.8 25.1 4.9
2005 estimate.......................... 598.3 28.9 308.7 -32.8 197.0 26.6 31.0 -31.8 70.8 25.5 5.0
2006 estimate.......................... 653.9 31.0 339.4 -34.5 215.3 26.9 33.3 -34.2 76.8 26.5 5.2
2007 estimate.......................... 699.4 33.0 363.7 -36.3 232.5 27.4 35.9 -36.8 80.1 27.1 5.3
2008 estimate.......................... 746.8 34.8 388.2 -38.8 252.5 27.9 38.9 -39.8 83.1 27.6 5.4
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Note: Totals for fiscal years prior to 1980 do not include defense health.